Shoppers increased their spending in November from October as holiday shopping kicked into full gear. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November, following a revised 0.1% decline ...

The Census Bureau's November Advance Retail Sales Report showed a pickup in consumer spending. Headline sales were up 0.6%, from -0.1% pullback in Oct. and above the projected 0.5% growth.

Better late than never: A long-delayed report on sales at U.S. retailers in November signaled the holiday shopping season got off to a good start.

Consumer spending dropped more than forecast last month, after a surge earlier this year in car buying. Retail sales fell 0.9% in May from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said. That was worse ...

New data on retail sales today that gave a sense of all-important consumer spending as we head into the heart of the holiday shopping season. There was a whole bunch of data this morning that had been ...

Retail and consumer stocks got some good news when the U.S. Census Bureau recently reported retail sales numbers for November ...

Bain projects US retail sales to grow 3.5% year over year in 2026, to $5.3 trillion, slightly down from estimated 4.0% growth in 2025. Volume growth will be modest, with inflation projected to hover ...