by Francisco Velasquez | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Retail
Retail sales in the U.S. increased in January, showing early signs that consumer spending is picking up as cases of the Covid-19 virus decline and the additional relief, assuming it comes will help, but the $900 billion package passed in December, is already helping. ...
by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
“Working in e-commerce, it seemed like it was a better job.” Tyler Hamilton quit his construction job to pack boxes at Amazon’s warehouse near Minneapolis a couple years ago. Since coronavirus, the 23-year-old got a small pay bump but works endless overtime, with one...
by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 15th, the Commerce Department will release the advanced retail sales report, a measure of how many goods and services in the sector were sold in March. This key indicator of the state of the economy will be released at 8:30 am. Here are five...
by Sonya Swink | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Retail
In another sign that coronavirus disrupted consumer spending, February’s numbers show initial slipping in retail sales downward after a slight tick up in January. Down 0.5%, numbers released from the Commerce Department show how American shoppers frequented department...
by Vrushank Nayak | May 20, 2019 | Featured, Retail
Joel Porras has been working at Bonobos, an e-commerce clothing subsidiary of Walmart for the past two years. As a sales associate, he guides clients into making their clothing choices when they come in to shop. But he graduated with a degree in Media Studies from...
by Vrushank Nayak | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured, Retail
When Ryan Paul leased his first car, he did it the old fashioned way: He went to a dealership, spoke to a salesperson and picked the car up after the the whole process was complete. But when Paul decided it was time to trade in his 2015 Audi for something new, he...
