6 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors, denting sales at car dealers and most other stores. Retail sales fell 0.9% in January from the previous month, the Commerce Department said, after two months of healthy gains. It was a much bigger drop than economists ...

6 days ago · Retail sales increased 4.2% year-on-year in January. Much of the country was blanketed by snowstorms and freezing temperatures last month while wildfires scorched entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

6 days ago · Retail sales plunged 0.9% in January from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Friday. That’s down sharply from December’s upwardly revised 0.7% gain and well below economists ...

6 days ago · Topline. U.S. retail sales surged 4.8% year-over-year in January, rising to $668 billion, setting the stage for unexpectedly strong retail growth in 2025, according to data just released by the U ...

6 days ago · Retail and food sales made their largest monthly drop in January since March 2023, marking an end to the buying surge that took off in the run-up to the 2024 election. Sales fell by 0.9 percent to ...

Feb 14, 2025 · However, even excluding vehicle sales, retail sales and food services sales declines were broadly based, with retail sales excluding autos declining 0.4%. Sales in January may have been restrained by an outbreak of unseasonably cold and snowy weather, primarily in the South, with some areas in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida seeing record ...

6 days ago · Retail sales slipped 0.9% for the month from an upwardly revised 0.7% gain in December, even worse than the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.2% decline. The sales totals are adjusted for seasonality but ...

6 days ago · Retail sales dropped 0.9% in January from the previous month, the Commerce Department said, after two months of healthy gains. It was a much bigger drop than economists expected and the biggest ...

Feb 10, 2025 · Total retail sales, excluding automobiles and gasoline, were down 1.07% seasonally adjusted month over month but up 5.44% unadjusted year over year in January, according to the Retail Monitor. That compared with increases of 1.74% month over month and 7.24% year over year in December.

Feb 15, 2024 · Retail sales, which captures spending on all goods and food services, fell 0.8% in January, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, breaking a two-month streak of increases.