Holiday Sales Topped Expectations. That Could Mean a Strong Start to 2025
Consumers spent $994.1 billion in the last two months of 2024, according to the National Retail Federation, surpassing the trade group's forecast. “Core” retail sales—everything but gas, car and restaurant purchases—rose 4% from the 2023 holiday season.
Nation’s largest trade group: holiday sales rose a better-than-expected 4%
Sales for the 2024 holiday shopping season turned out to be robust and better than expected, as easing inflation on merchandise drove shoppers to buy, according to the nation’s largest retail trade group.
Target says its holiday sales were better than expected — but its profits weren't
Discounts and sales events have remained a significant sales driver, as consumers emerge from a more than two-year stretch of high inflation. It’s unclear how much those deals will cut into Target’s and other retailers’ profit margins, and whether sales will keep improving if promotions fade away.
Holiday sales rose more than expected, retail trade group says
Sales for the 2024 holiday shopping season turned out to be robust and better than expected, as easing inflation on merchandise drove shoppers to buy, according to the nation’s largest retail trade group.
Holiday Sales Top Expectations With a 4% Increase
The final word on holiday sales is in - and retailers are feeling pretty good. Core retail sales grew a stronger than expected 4 percent during November and December combined, according to the National Retail Federation's reckoning of the latest official figures from the Census Bureau on Thursday.
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