Weathering sales chills

Early holiday sales, both in stores and online, reached new records in late November. Whether or not this favorable trend will continue remains to be seen, but it is an encouraging sign that consumers may be on the verge of loosening the grip on their wallets. 
 Still, there are too many crosscurrents to break out the champagne. High unemployment — still elevated at 8.6 percent in November — political uncertainty as the next election cycle heats up and weak income growth all ...

Register to view this article

It’s free but we need to know a little about you to continually improve our content.

Why Register?

Registering allows you to unlock a portion of our premium online content. You can access more in-depth stories and analysis, as well as news not found on any other website or any other media outlet. You also get free eNewsletters, blogs, real-time polls, archives and more.

 

Attention Print Subscribers:  While you have already been granted free access to the NRN Digital and Print access package, for only a small additional amount, you can get NRN All Access, which includes premium reports such as the annual NRN Top 200 data. Either way, we ask that you register now. We promise it will only take a few minutes!

Already registered? here

Please or Register to post comments.

Free eNewsletters! 
Want the latest in the world of foodservice news & trends? 
Check out our e-newsletters