Page 2 - Daniel Bachman News Today

Valley businesses are gearing up for a holiday buying season in which sales are projected to reach pre-pandemic levels.

U.S. retail sales are expected to grow 3.8% this holiday season, according to the country’s major shopping center body, with discount department stores set to benefit most.

October is expected to be a particularly big month for holiday shopping, just as student loan borrowers face their first bill in more than three years.

In its annual holiday retail forecast, Deloitte anticipates a 3.5% to 4.6% increase in holiday retail sales for 2023. This projection trans

Christmas Day is less than 100 days away and true to form the first predictions for the holiday season’s big seller toys are out despite concerns over total sales growth.

How does our changing climate get expressed in a folk song versus a video game?

Bob Boilen will retire from NPR on Oct. 2, and he decided to spend one of his final episodes hosting All Songs Considered with NPR Music's resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, for a mix of pop punk, meticulously cut-up banjo drone, worlds-collapsing free jazz and fingerstyle guitar. Featured Songs And Artists: 1. MxPx: "What I Tell Myself" from Find a Way Home 2. Slant: "Criminal" from Demo 2023 3. Daniel Bachman: "Summer's fingers sweetly linger (Everywhere on every...

Holiday sales are projected to increase 3.5% to 4.6% this year, as more shoppers are expected to turn to e-commerce to find deals to beat inflation.

Deloitte has predicted a rise in US holiday sales for 2023 by 3.5 to 4.6 per cent, amassing a total of $1.54 to $1.56 trillion from November to January. However, this growth...

D.A. Davidson analyst Michael Baker notes that year-over-year growth in retail sales has been decelerating for months now.