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  • Election 2012: The impact on retail

    New York -- The National Retail Federation on Wednesday said it looked forward to continuing to work with President Obama and the new Congress toward the goal of putting Americans back to work and ensuring that the nation’s economy remains the strongest in the world.

  • NRF survey details holiday spending plans

    Washington, D.C. -- Most consumers will take a conservative approach with their holiday gift-giving budgets, according to NRF’s holiday consumer spending survey conducted by BIGinsight. The average holiday shopper will spend $749.51 on gifts, décor, greeting cards and more, up slightly from the $740.57 they spent last year. NRF forecasts that holiday sales will increase 4.1% to $586.1 billion.

  • NRF: Consumer spending surged 0.4% in September

    Washington, D.C. -- The National Retail Federation reported Monday that September retail sales – excluding autos, fuel and restaurants – increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, thanks to strong showings from clothing and electronics stores.

    Unadjusted, retail sales gained 2.1% year over year.

  • Retail container imports to increase 9.9% in October

    Washington, D.C. -- The Global Port Tracker report released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates found that import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 9.9% in October as merchants wrap up the annual shipping cycle for holiday merchandise.

  • NRF: Holiday 2012 sales forecast to rise 4.1%, down from last year’s growth

    Washington, D.C. -- The National Retail Federation released its 2012 holiday forecast on Tuesday, which shows sales increasing 4.1% to $586.1 billion, down from last year’s 5.6% growth.

    However, the NRF’s 2012 estimate tops the 10-year holiday sales growth average of 3.5%.

  • NRF: Holiday 2012 sales forecast to rise 4.1%

    WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation released its 2012 holiday forecast on Tuesday, which shows sales increasing 4.1% to $586.1 billion, down from last year's 5.6% growth.

    However, the NRF's 2012 estimate tops the 10-year holiday sales growth average of 3.5%.

  • Shop.org: Online sales expected to grow 12% over last year

    Washington, D.C. -- Shop.org’s holiday 2012 online sales forecast, released Tuesday, expects sales to grow 12% over last holiday season to as much as $96 billion. Last year, according to the Dept. of Commerce, e-commerce sales grew 15% during the months of November and December.

  • Fear not, Halloween sales won’t be scary

    The outlook for Christmas spending is decent and Halloween is supposed to be pretty good too.

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