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How Localization is Helping CVS Position Itself as the Modern General Store

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If you want tennis balls, you can wait for them to be delivered or you can go to a big-box sporting goods store, but if you’re on the way to the courts shouldn’t you be able to go somewhere really convenient along the way? It’s almost like the old general store that is the core of what we offer.

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

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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

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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; Building materials and garden supply stores: Up 2% month-over-month seasonally adjusted and up 11.9%.

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Rising prices hurt retail sales in May

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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% month over month seasonally adjusted but up 2.3% unadjusted year over year. month over month seasonally adjusted and up 1.2%

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NRF Says 2021 Holiday Sales Grew 14.1 Percent to Record $886.7 Billion

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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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IRDC 2021 Kicks Off with Keys to Surviving “Digital Darwinism”

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DENVER — The 21st annual International Retail Design Conference presented by VMSD magazine kicked off on Tuesday, welcoming a throng of visual merchandisers, store designers and retail executives to the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel for the two-day conference.

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CNBC/NRF report sees moderate sales growth

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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.