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Grinch: Ignore Black Friday Retail Forecasts

The Big Picture

It’s Black Friday and you know what that means: Lots of promotional sales and lots of holiday retail spending forecasts. Holiday retail sales have averaged an increase of 4.9% The post Grinch: Ignore Black Friday Retail Forecasts appeared first on The Big Picture. billion and $960.4 Last year’s holiday sales grew 13.5%

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Retail Sales: With Food and Shelter Soaring, Who Can Afford Anything Else?

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Retail sales from commerce department, chart by Mish. Advance Retail Sales Today, the Commerce Department released Advance Retail Sales Data for November. retail and food services sales for November 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $689.4

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Research links: retail options trading

Abnormal Returns

papers.ssrn.com) Retail options trading is a net loser. (tandfonline.com) Value stocks still have room to outperform. alphaarchitect.com) What have we learned about managed futures in the last year? mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Bitcoin has not become 'digital gold.' advisorperspectives.com)

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Retail Sales Increased 0.6% in August

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On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.6% retail and food services sales for August 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $697.6 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline were up 0.2% percent from August 2022.

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Retail Sales Unchanged in September

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On a monthly basis, retail sales were unchanged from August to September (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 8.2 retail and food services sales for September 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $684.0 This graph shows retail sales since 1992.

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Retail Sales Increased 0.4% in April

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On a monthly basis, retail sales were up 0.4% retail and food services sales for April 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $686.1 This graph shows retail sales since 1992. Retail sales ex-gasoline were up 0.5% percent from April 2022.

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Consumers Step Up Purchases With a Splurge of Retail Sales Spending

Mish Talk

Advance Retail Sales from Census Department, chart by Mish. Advance Retail Sales Today, the Commerce Department released Advance Retail Sales Data for October. retail and food services sales for October 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes , were $694.5

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