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A 157-year-old leather goods company best known for its iconic boot takes the top spot for the second year running as having the highest value in the fast-growing resale market.

Consumers are opening their wallets for non-essential items.

Transactions at major restaurant chains in states that have reopened dine-in service continue to improve despite spikes in COVID-19 cases.

Two-thirds of B2C and B2B e-commerce companies have reported neutral or positive impact on their sales from COVID-19.

It won’t be business as usual for non-essential retailers slowly reopening stores — or when it comes to hiring holiday staff.

A new report from Coresight Research predicts that 20,000 to 25,000 stores will close in the United States this year.

The U.S. retail sector could take years to recover from the impact of COVID-19, and the hit could be worse than that of the Great Recession. 

Consumers are starting to increase their online spending across traditional retail categories. 

One-quarter of all merchants experienced a drop of more than 56% in April card volume as compared to February, according to data released by The Strawhecker Group.