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Back To School Retailers Use Inventory Strategy
Nimble teen apparel chains that sell through spring and summer will allow ample room for denim and other apparel products that will be among the best performers this fall.
The back-to-school season is a key period for apparel retailers, especially this year as investors look for any signs of an economic recovery.
Monica Tang, retail strategist [...]
Sales of Outdoor Retail Products Are On the Rise
Retail sales for outdoor stores grew 2 percent compared to last April, moving from $339 million to $347 million, according to the most recent edition of The Outdoor Industry Association.
Ann Obenchain, OIA vice president states: “The April top line numbers showing retail sales growth for core outdoor stores support the data from retailers we are [...]
Retail Sales and Gas Prices Rose in May
The Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent in May from a month earlier, after falling the two previous months. The monthly increase indicated that consumer spending was creeping higher as gas prices rose and the economy’s declines began to level off.
Retail sales were still 9.6 percent below their levels [...]
Retailers See Signs of Customer Spending and Confidence
Even as retailers adapt and reposition, there are increasing signs that consumer spending is starting to recover. Confidence among U.S. consumers rose in May to its highest level since before the collapse of credit markets last year, and never fell as low as it did in earlier periods in the 1970s and 1980s. A Reuters/ [...]
