Even at the holidays shoppers prioritized essentials, and inflation-adjusted discretionary sales at smaller stores fell 1.8% ...

Small Business Saturday spending dropped significantly this year, with consumers prioritizing bargains over supporting local shops due to high inflation and low confidence. Despite SBA encouragement, ...

After Lisa Lane pitched her slip-on connector product, Rinseroo, on Shark Tank this January and received the show’s “golden ticket,” she was raring to go, ready to scale and enthused about ordering ...

According to the National Retail Federation, holiday sales increased 4% in 2024 to a record $994 billion during November and December alone. That make-or-break moment for the retail industry proves ...

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This story is part of Retail TouchPoints’ ongoing “Small Business, Big Ideas” series, focusing on smaller retail brands that have found big success and have even bigger ambitions. For consumers ...

February supplier event will provide networking opportunities for firms wanting to increase trade and build relationships ...