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Holiday Sales Grew 4% to Top $994 Billion, Exceeding Expectations

Retail TouchPoints

The 2024 figures were driven in part by lower inflation compared with 2023, particularly for goods. Ecommerce, Home Furnishings Show Strong Growth Online and other non-store sales grew 8.6% Several product categories also registered increases on an unadjusted year-over-year basis including: Furniture and home furnishings: up 5.6%

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Exploring the Different Types of Store Formats for Retail Success

Small Biz Trends

Example of Store Category of Retailers Craft Shops Arts & Crafts Furniture Stores Home Furnishings Sporting Goods Retailers Sports Equipment Pet Supply Stores Animal Care Department Stores Department stores serve as an extensive shopping destination for consumers, offering a vast array of products under one roof.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Results in other categories included: Sporting goods stores: Up 23.5% YoY; Furniture and home furnishings stores: Up 5.9% For instance, clothing and accessory store sales were up 18.3% month-over-month seasonally adjusted, and up 104.6% unadjusted YoY. month-over-month, up 78.2% month-over-month, up 49.6%

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NRF, Census Bureau Report Continued Retail Recovery In August

Retail TouchPoints

unadjusted year-over-year; Furniture and home furnishings stores : Up 2.1% unadjusted year-over-year; and Sporting goods stores: Down 5.7%. unadjusted year-over-year; Furniture and home furnishings stores : Up 2.1% unadjusted year-over-year; and Sporting goods stores: Down 5.7%.

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Rising prices hurt retail sales in May

Mass Relators

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

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Costco reports Q1 sales growth, highlights membership and e-commerce strength

Inside Retail

Gold and jewelry topped the list of best-selling items, followed by hardware, gift cards, home furnishings, health and beauty, and sporting goods. (The Costco app was downloaded 2.9 million times during the quarter.) No bias toward international The company added six new warehouses and relocated one in the first quarter.

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Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades

Inside Retail

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.