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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Grocery and beverage stores were down 0.2% Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores were down 0.65% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 1.79% year over year unadjusted. General merchandise stores were down 0.64% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 1.14% year over year unadjusted.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

January sales were up in all but one retail category on a yearly basis, led by sporting goods stores, clothing stores and online sales, and increased across the board on a monthly basis. Specifics from key sectors include: Sporting goods stores were up 0.2% Health and personal care stores were up 1.9%

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Mass Relators

JUNE 15, 2022

Furniture and home furnishings stores were down 0.9% Sporting goods stores were up 0.4% General merchandise stores were up 0.1% Electronics and appliance stores were down 1.3% Electronics and appliance stores were down 1.3% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 2.3%

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Mass Relators

JULY 18, 2023

The pace of spending is slower, but consumers are still in control of the direction of the economy thanks to the still-growing labor market and a comfortable cushion of savings,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. Electronics and appliance stores were up 1.1% General merchandise stores were down 0.1% unadjusted.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 15, 2023

Consumers continued to spend on household priorities in May, supported by gains in the job market and wages,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.3% Sporting goods stores were up 0.3% Building materials and garden supply stores were up 2.2%

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 14, 2022

November-December holiday sales saw year-over-year gains across the board, led by increases at clothing, sporting goods and general merchandise stores. Specifics from key sectors for the two months combined, all on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores, up 33.1%.

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Mass Relators

JANUARY 18, 2023

November-December holiday sales saw year-over-year gains in all but two of nine retail categories, led by online sales, grocery stores and general merchandise stores. Specifics from key sectors for the two months combined, all on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, include: Online and other non-store sales were up 9.5%.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2023

Continued easing of inflation and the overall strength of the job market and wages are keeping the fundamentals of the consumer economy strong and should support their ability to spend on household priorities through 2023. Grocery and beverage stores were down 0.1% Sporting goods stores were up 0.2%

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Recent labor market progress has helped propel incredibly strong demand, and most shoppers have the income and savings to absorb higher prices driven by the pandemic and supply chain disruptions. Specifics from key sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 0.5% Sporting goods stores were up 1.3%

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Mass Relators

MAY 14, 2021

Despite month-over-month declines in two-thirds of retail categories, April retail sales increased across the board on a year-over-year basis, led by massive increases in retailers like clothing, furniture and sporting goods stores that were ordered to close last spring. Furniture and home furnishings stores were down 0.7%

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

October sales were up in all but two categories on a monthly basis and were up across the board year-over-year, led by increases at clothing, electronics and sporting goods stores. Specifics from key sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were down 0.7% Electronics and appliance stores were up 3.8%

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Building materials and garden supply stores were down 2.5% Sporting goods stores were down 0.6% General merchandise stores were down 0.1% Clothing and clothing accessory stores were down 0.2% Electronics and appliance stores were down 1.5% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 3.7%

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Mass Relators

APRIL 14, 2022

Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 2.6% Furniture and home furnishings stores were up 0.7% General merchandise stores were up 5.4% Building materials and garden supply stores were up 0.5% Health and personal care stores were down 0.3% Sporting goods stores were up 3.3%

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 17, 2022

Building materials and garden supply stores were up 1.5 Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.2 Sporting goods stores were up 0.1 Health and personal care stores were up 0.4 Health and personal care stores were up 0.4 Clothing and clothing accessory stores were down 0.6

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MARCH 16, 2022

Despite all that’s been thrown at them including inflation, supply chain constraints, market volatility and significant geopolitical events, consumers remain able and willing to spend. Online and other non-store sales were down 3.7% General merchandise stores were down 0.2% Sporting goods stores were up 1.7%

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Grocery and beverage stores were up 1.1% General merchandise stores were up 3.6% Furniture and home furnishings stores were up 7.2% Sporting goods stores were down 3% month-over-month seasonally adjusted and down 0.8% Electronics and appliance stores were up 1.9% unadjusted year-over-year.

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Mass Relators

JULY 16, 2021

Online and other non-store sales were up 1.2% Sporting goods stores were down 1.7% General merchandise stores were up 1.9% Building materials and garden supply stores were down 1.6% Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.6% month-over-month seasonally adjusted and up 10.7%

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Mass Relators

APRIL 15, 2021

American households are clearly feeling the full effect of additional fiscal stimulus, gains in the job market and the reopening of the economy. Specifics from key retail sectors include: Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 18.3% Sporting goods stores were up 23.5% Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.7%

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Mass Relators

JUNE 15, 2021

Electronics and appliance stores were down 3.4% Furniture and home furnishings stores were down 2.1% Sporting goods stores were down 0.8% Health and personal care stores were up 1.8% Health and personal care stores were up 1.8% Building materials and garden supply stores were down 5.9%

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Online and other non-store sales were down 0.7 Grocery and beverage stores were up 0.5 Sporting goods stores were up 0.5 Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 0.4 Clothing and clothing accessory stores were up 0.4 Health and personal care stores were down 0.6

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 20, 2021

Isn’t that much different than the the bigger store formats we’ve already seen Amazon starting to experiment with so I guess I’m just saying. Even though they generally got a covid boost so. That that is pretty interesting and then the thing that I most look at specifically related to covid is.

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