Seasonal

Over the past week, the welter of holiday trading updates has hinted that retailers enjoyed a robust December. Today's strong retail sales numbers lend weight to that view.

Mobile usage and search trends contributed to record-high e-commerce sales for the 2017 holiday shopping season.

Sears Holdings had a miserable holiday season.

The ranks of retailers reporting a good holiday season continues to expand.

Nearly all retail categories enjoyed solid growth this past holiday season, but some were particularly robust.

The parent company of such chains as Kay Jeweler’s, Jared and Zales Jewelers saw its total holiday sales fall over last year as issues related to outsourcing its credit transactions negatively impacted business.

The average spend on gifts and other holiday-related items was $841.50 this season, compared to $711 last year.