National Retail Federation (NRF)

A record number of people shopped over the five-day holiday weekend as Black Friday continued its streak as the most popular shopping day of the entire weekend.

Retailers can expect mostly good weather conditions for the upcoming holiday weekend.

The search for deals is expected to drive a record number of consumers to shop over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Consumer spending took a break in October before the official start of the holiday shopping season.

With most imported holiday season merchandise already here, inbound cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to slow during the remainder of 2023.

Every retail holiday season since the pandemic has been unique, and that will be the case again this year.

Holiday shoppers will spend more this year amid solid wage and job growth but will be looking for deals and discounts to stretch their budgets.

The nation’s major retail and resturant groups are calling out the National Labor Relations Board’s expansion of the joint employer rule.