The boost in June was driven in part by a 1.2% rise in sales of autos and auto parts. Clothing sales also saw a significant ...

Walmart customers may notice their shopping trips are getting more expensive. The retail giant, which warned back in May that Donald Trump’s tariffs would push costs higher, is now seeing […] The post ...

Consumer sentiment ticked higher in July, marking two consecutive months of improved shopper attitudes as businesses navigated President Donald Trump’s ...

Insights on tariffs, consumer spending and from the recent exclusive webinar, "Surviving 2025: Brands and Retailers Share Their Strategies." ...

"'Labor hoarding' has been a widespread trend over the last couple of years as businesses fear that they will struggle to find labor of all skill levels when business conditions pick back up," Thomas ...

June, a slight majority of firms see a relatively quick end to trade policy uncertainty, but a large cohort expect the fog of uncertainty to persist awhile.

Consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy.

Spending rose at a faster clip than expected in June as American consumers once again bucked concern that a slowing economy ...

The report of robust spending coincides with warnings by several Federal Reserve officials that import duties in coming ...

There is no single way to predict how businesses will price items weeks or months into the future as, in addition to tariffs, ...

After May's steep drop in retail sales, spending picked back up in June, rising 0.6%, according to new census data out ...

Tariffs—taxes placed on imported goods—are one of the oldest tools in the United States' economic policy arsenal, dating back ...