Daily Infographic: Physical Stores Regain Ground Amid Broader Holiday Trend

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April retail sales were excellent (for freight markets)

This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (5/17) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.

The headlines read something like “April retail sales flat, missing expectations.” Indeed, Americans spent 0.0% more in April (seasonally adjusted) than we did in March. Compared to this time last year, retail sales in April climbed 37.2%. Both of these numbers mean very little because of their respective wacky denominators. 

Retail sales came in flat month-over-month in April, but after a...

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Return of Roaring ’20s? Dip in retail sales could set up big spring

February saw a decline from January in overall retail sales, but non-store retail, which includes e-commerce, continues to outpace overall sales, rising 25.9% from February 2020 and 1.8% from January, according to monthly data released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau. However, some experts are predicting boom times ahead.

Retail and food service sales dropped 3% in February from January in the final report before the latest round of stimulus payments hit consumers’ bank accounts. February’s...

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