The UK's largest craft
retailer predicts the rise of more specialist crafts as the nation becomes a little more adventurous and creative this year.
Not exact matches
Ecommerce's share of overall
retail sales will
rise to 9 percent, well above its
predicted 7.1 percent share of total
retail sales for the year.
Holiday
retail sales are expected to
rise 2.8 percent to $ 465.6 billion, the NRF
predicts.
Richard Hastings, a consumer strategist at Global Hunter Securities,
predicts retail sales in the November to January time period will
rise 5.75 percent this year.
Previous price
rises appeared to have weighed on consumer spending in February, as both German and Spanish
retail sales came in lower than generally
predicted.
Wall Street falls sharply amid tech and trade - war concerns: Reuters Korea expert recommends cancelling Trump - Kim meeting: CNBC US ISM Mfg Index edged down to still - strong 59.3 for March: MarketWatch US Mfg PMI
rose to 3 - year high in March: IHS Markit Construction spending in US posted a weak 0.1 % gain in February: Reuters Eurozone mfg sentiment still positive in Mar, but eased to 8 - month low: IHS Markit German
retail spending fell for third month in February: Reuters Fed funds futures
predicting no change in rates at FOMC meeting in May: CME US visitor visas fall 13 % over past year: Politico
The
retailer's initial holiday quarter guidance
predicted that overall comps would end up
rising in the mid-single-digits, with sales coming in between $ 870 million and $ 885 million.