U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, and quarterly e-commerce retail sales.
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U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the Empire State manufacturing survey, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, and quarterly e-commerce retail sales.
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Planning for a rise in e-commerce and retail expansions explain the larger inventories at the year-end of 2010 compared with 2009, McComb said.
The Department of Commerce released retail and food sales numbers as well, with a 0.5% gain through April, showing that consumers, while timid, continue to spend.
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Meanwhile, September retail sales released by the Commerce Department show that total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 1.1 percent month-to-month and 8.6 percent over last year, partially due to strong auto sales.
According to the Department of Commerce, March retail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 1.6%.
In economic news, the Commerce Department reported retail sales rose just 0.2 percent in November, following an upwardly revised 0.6 percent in October.
The Commerce Department says retail sales crept up 0.1% during the month, after a 0.5% fall in March, which had been the largest in nine months.
On Friday, the Commerce Department said retail sales fell 0.4 percent in March from the previous month, reinforcing views that the U.S. recovery is losing some steam.
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Mobile commerce will transform retail, both because the transparency of pricing will force big box stores to be much better merchants or die, and because store associates armed with mobile devices can now do everything from save lost sales, to carry a POS device in their hand.
Meanwhile, January retail sales data, released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, showed total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 5.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year and 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month.
Both brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce sites have helped retail sales figures continuously grow, especially online.
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Fulgoni said that consumers are being won over by the convenience and lower prices of the e-commerce platform over other retail.
Plus, the Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 0.5% in June, the second straight monthly decline, with auto sales down 2.3%.
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Helping support stocks was a report from the Commerce Department that showed retail and food-service sales rose in April from the previous month, offsetting a big drop in sales at gas stations.
Edward Jones analyst Robin Diedrich warns that results may be sketchy on a month-to-month basis -- the Commerce Department reported June retail sales fell 0.5% on Wednesday -- and the recovery hasn't been a straight shot up, but says the sector is experiencing a "normal recovery" and sales should continue to improve.
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In the fourth quarter, the continued growth in retail sales, particularly retail e-commerce sales, supported growth in package delivery markets in the U.S. and several other countries.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department reports that December retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted over November and 6.2 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
On an average day during the 2011 holiday season to date, digital content and subscriptions accounted for 2.8 percent of retail e-commerce sales, but on Christmas day the category accounted for more than 20 percent of sales.
The NRF results are in line with data released by the U.S. Commerce Department that shows total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.1 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 9 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
There is also still a steady flow of businesses investigating e-commerce as an alternative to costly retail premises.
As an alternative to bricks-and-mortar retail, e-commerce has ample benefits, but it is still an impersonal channel for buying products.
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The Commerce Department report showed that consumer retail spending increased 0.4% in March, just under the 0.5% rise that was predicted following a surprise 1.1% gain in February.
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