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NRF: Retail Sales Rose 17.7% YoY in March as Recovery Accelerated

Retail TouchPoints

For instance, clothing and accessory store sales were up 18.3% Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% YoY; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 12.1% YoY; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 10.5%

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NRF, Census Bureau Report Continued Retail Recovery In August

Retail TouchPoints

Individual sales results from the retail sectors NRF examined for August include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores: Up 2.9% unadjusted year-over-year; Furniture and home furnishings stores : Up 2.1% unadjusted year-over-year; Electronics and appliance stores: Up 0.8%.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

Inside Retail

per cent, with big-ticket items in the home furnishing and electronics categories taking a significant hit. Sales growth in 2023 was driven primarily by food and fresh food, which accounted for 54 per cent of sales. Sales of non-food items decreased 0.4

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Rising prices hurt retail sales in May

Mass Relators

Health and personal care stores were down 0.2% Furniture and home furnishings stores were down 0.9% Sporting goods stores were up 0.4% General merchandise stores were up 0.1% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 5.8% unadjusted year over year. month over month seasonally adjusted but up 2.3%

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CNBC/NRF report sees moderate sales growth

Mass Relators

June sales were up in five out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, general merchandise stores and clothing and accessory stores. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 1.78% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 23.08% year over year unadjusted.

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Retail sales grew in September

Mass Relators

September sales were up in five out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, NRF said, led by health and personal care stores, online sales and general merchandise stores, and up or unchanged in all but three categories on a monthly basis. unadjusted year over year. • Online and other non-store sales were up 1.1%

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NRF says retail sales rose in April

Mass Relators

April sales were up in four out of nine retail categories on a yearly basis, led by online sales, health and personal care stores and general merchandise stores, and also rose in four categories on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Online and other non-store sales were up 1.2% unadjusted year over year.