NRF reports modest sales gains for 2018 holiday season
R etail sales during the year-end 2018 holiday season grew at a lower than expected 2.9 percent over the same period in 2017 to total $707.5 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. That fell short of the 4.3 percent to 4.8 percent gains the NRF predicted at the start of the year-end holiday season.
"Today's numbers are truly a surprise and in contradiction to the consumer spending trends we were seeing, especially after such strong October and November spending," NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said.
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