US Feb retail sales rebound – NRF

14 Mar '14

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Health and personal care stores’ sales increased 1.2 percent seasonally-adjusted month-to-month and 5.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year.

Nonstore retailers’ sales increased 1.2 percent seasonally-adjusted month-to-month and 6.8 percent unadjusted year-over-year.

Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores’ sales increased 2.5 percent seasonally-adjusted month-to-month yet decreased 5.3 percent unadjusted year-over-year.

NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association, representing discount and department stores, home goods and specialty stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and Internet retailers from the United States and more than 45 countries. Retail is the nation’s largest private sector employer, supporting one in four U.S. jobs – 42 million working Americans.

Contributing $2.5 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy. NRF’s This is Retail campaign highlights the industry’s opportunities for life-long careers, how retailers strengthen communities, and the critical role that retail plays in driving innovation.

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