PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – The retail industry is now doing better than many retailers expected last year as stores, offices, and schools shut down across the country. Compared to last year, discretionary retail sales revenue in the U.S grew 17% from January 1 through May 8, 2021, according to The NPD Group. Even more strikingly,
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — The final holiday push during the last two weeks of 2020, inching into 2021, each brought 13% year-over-year dollar sales growth, resulting in combined holiday 2020 season-to-date retail growth of 2% compared to the same 13 weeks a year ago, reports The NPD Group. NPD’s Checkout data from receipts highlights the changes in
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – With many students around the country going back to school remotely, the supply list is proving to be very different this back-to-school season. Sales of school supplies related categories within the office supplies industry, from pencils to spiral notebooks, are down as U.S. consumers delay these purchases. Instead they are investing
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Office supplies industry dollar sales in the U.S. are forecasted to remain stable through 2022, with hand cleaners and other janitorial and breakroom supplies being the main source of growth as attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19 continue to reshape the industry, according to The NPD Group’s Future of Office Supplies report. The janitorial and
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.– As consumers settled into their sheltering at home routines, spending improved for the fourth straight week, up 7% compared to the prior week, reports The NPD Group. Retail spending also showed flat year-over-year performance during the week ending April 25, 2020 — the first time sales didn’t decline since early March. As
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – After a modest decline forecast for 2019, total toy industry dollar sales in the U.S. are expected to pick up again in 2020; and this trend is expected to continue through the end of 2021, according to The NPD Group’s latest report, The Future of Toys. Supercategories expected to post growth from 2018 to
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – According to data from The NPD Group, more U.S. consumers are purchasing pre-packaged school supply kits this year than in previous years, when the kits are made available to them. These kits are traditionally offered via a school’s PTO/PTA organization, notifying parents or guardians of the option to purchase all their children’s school
