Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Holiday 2021 was one for the record books despite slower December sales.

The retail industry closed out the year with a record holiday season that included double-digit year-over-year growth in most categories.

Consumer spending ended the year on a strong note.

Despite record need, high demand and, in some cases, signing bonuses, retail employers struggled to fill holiday jobs in 2021.

Aaron Wu has taken over as head of acquisitions at DLC Management which, with some 70 centers from Maine to Florida and west to Texas, is one of the nation’s biggest owners of outdoor centers.

Mattress Firm wants to return to the public markets.

The main economic impact of the COVID-19 omicron variant is likely to be on inflation.

Digital spending will shift to social media during the next three years, fueled largely by two groups of consumers.

Consumer confidence edged up in December as concerns about inflation subsided after hitting a 13-year high in November.

Store traffic on one of the busiest days of the holiday shopping season improved compared to last year but still has a way to go to get back to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.