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U.S. May Jewelry Store Sales Decline 4% to $3B
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4.4 percent year on year to $2.703 billion in May, according to the latest government calculations. The decline was noticeable considering that preliminary sales of jewelry and watches across...
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Jul 14, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Jewelry, Watch Sales Flat in May
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose...
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Jun 25, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Jun 23, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Affluent Household Spending Descends Into a 'Luxury Drought'
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U.S. affluent consumer confidence eroded further in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Luxury Consumption Index (LCI), a propriety survey conducted by Unity Marketing. The five key measures of how affluents feel about economic...
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Jun 18, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Jewelry Store Sales -2% to $2B
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 2.4 percent year on year to $2.221 billion in April, according to government calculations. The decline at specialty stores was more pronounced than for the sector as a whole, as jewelry and...
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Jun 11, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. February Jewelry Store Sales -5% to $3B
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 5.4 percent year on year to $2.72 billion in February, according to government calculations. The sales decline was much more severe than the preliminary totals anticipated for jewelry...
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Apr 14, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Apr 09, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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NRF Creates Retail Research & Analysis Center
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The National Retail Federation (NRF), the largest U.S. organization that represents retailers, invested several million dollars in creating a Retail Research and Analysis Center, which will serve as a hub for economic and consumer...
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Apr 09, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Survey: U.S. Consumers Plan to Save Their Tax Refunds
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Nearly 66 percent of U.S. consumers anticipate receiving a tax refund this year and 46.9 percent plan to apply all or some of these funds to their savings, the highest percentage to date, according to the National Retail Federation...
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Feb 20, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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NRF Forecasts Retail Sales Will Increase in 2015
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecast that retail industry sales, which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, will increase 4.1 percent in 2014. Non-store sales in 2015 are forecast to grow between 7 and...
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Feb 12, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Marketing
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Feb 09, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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Marketing
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Dec 16, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Nov 13, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Oct 20, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Oct 07, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Index +13%
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U.S. consumer confidence rose 13 percent year on year to 90.9 points (1985=100) in July, according to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®. The Index was also up from 86.4 points in June. Compared with one year...
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Retail
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Jul 29, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Consumer Confidence +5% in June
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The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index® rose about four points to 85.2 (1985=100) in June compared with one year ago. In addition, the Present Situation Index increased from 69.2 points to 85.1 points; however,...
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Jun 24, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Affluent Households Adopt Austerity Measures
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U.S. retailers that market to affluent households will need to be at the top of their game this year to convince consumers to spend. Affluent consumer confidence dropped in April to levels that have not been seen since late...
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May 06, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Consumer Confidence +21% in April
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The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index® jumped 21 percent year on year to 82.3 points in April, while the Present Situation Index rose 30 percent to 78.3 points and the Expectations Index was up 16 percent to 84.9. Nonetheless,...
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Apr 29, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Jewelry Spending Plans Weaken for Mother's Day
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics determined that U.S. consumers will celebrate Mother’s Day by staying practical in their spending patterns. Overall, 84.5 percent of U.S. adults plan to celebrate...
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Apr 29, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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