National Retail Federation

Tariffs won’t drag consumer spending in 2025, say retailers

The National Retail Federation forecast that retail sales during 2025 will grow between 2.7% and 3.7% over 2024 to between $5.42 trillion and $5.48 trillion.

The 2025 sales forecast compares with 3.6% annual sales growth of $5.29 trillion in 2024. This year’s forecast is also in line with the 10-year pre-pandemic average annual sales growth of 3.6%.

The announcement Wednesday was made during NRF’s fifth annual State of Retail & the Consumer virtual event on the health of American consumers and...

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Container imports headed for summer doldrums, says NRF

Imports at major U.S. container ports are expected to remain high through spring but could see year-over-year declines this summer, according to the latest Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

The ongoing tariff situation continues to impact import volumes and strategies. 

“Retailers are continuing to bring as much merchandise into the country ahead of rising tariffs as possible,” said Jonathan Gold, NRF vice president for supply chain and customs...

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Retail trade groups: 25% tariffs a ‘crushing’ burden for American families

Saying 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would hurt American families, retailers and apparel importers on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to open talks on border issues to avoid a devastating trade war with two of the United States’ largest business partners.

The U.S. also announced another 10% tariff on imports from China, for a total 20% levy on exports from that country.

The latest move by Washington prompted a round of retaliatory tariffs by China of 15% on a variety of...

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Los aranceles de Trump ven a los minoristas que impulsan las importaciones de contenedores estadounidenses

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Se pronostica que las importaciones permanecerán elevadas en los principales puertos de contenedores de EE. UU. A medida que los cargadores intentan mantenerse un paso por delante de los gravámenes sobre China y otros países productores, según el informe de Global Port Tracker publicado el lunes por la Federación Nacional de Minoristas y Asociados de […]

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Trump tariffs see retailers boosting US container imports

Imports are forecast to remain elevated at major U.S. container ports as shippers try to stay a step ahead of levies on China and other producer countries, according to the Global Port Tracker report released Monday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

There’s no end in sight for monthslong frontloading, which has carried through from late last year into 2025.

United States ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 2.14 million twenty-foot equivalent units in  December,...

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Connectivity, generative AI’s impact key supply chain software themes at NRF ’25

NEW YORK – The first conference each year for supply chain software suppliers to show off their capabilities is the giant National Retail Federation meeting here, and 2025 was no different. Among the presentations: One key supplier touted the fruits of a two-year project, and another discussed how its generative AI tool has been faring in its first months.

Blue Yonder rolled out its latest update to a supply chain management platform that is used significantly in the retail sector. The company...

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Retailers expect January US container volumes to stay elevated

Container flows through U.S. ports are set for a strong finish as substantial end-of-year gains point to impressive improvement in 2024.

The swell of traffic has been fueled by shippers stockpiling imports in an effort to avoid the whipsawing of simmering labor issues and threats of fresh tariffs in the coming year, according to the National Retail Federation.

American ports handled 2.17 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in November, according to the trade group’s Global Port Tracker,...

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Container imports to surge ahead of strike, tariffs, NRF predicts

Containerized imports are expected to continue to surge through U.S. ports into the new year as shippers look to beat a possible strike by East and Gulf Coast longshore workers and planned tariffs by the incoming Trump administration, according to a new forecast.

October volume totaled 2.25 million twenty-foot equivalent unit through ports covered by the Global Port Tracker. That was off by 1.2% from September but ahead 9.3% from October 2023.

The data did not include the Port of Miami, which has...

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