Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Holiday retail sales are expected to grow by 2.9% to 3.4% ...

Total new-vehicle sales for November 2025, including retail and non-retail transactions, are projected to reach 1,255,900, a 5.2% decrease year over year, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power ...

Deloitte estimates that holiday retail sales will grow between 2.9% and 3.4% in 2025 for a total of $1.61 trillion to $1.62 trillion. During the last holiday shopping season, retail sales grew 4.2% ...

The retail market enters the fourth quarter of 2025 in a healthy place, but uncertainty abounds as to whether high tariffs and sagging consumer confidence will undermine the sector during the holiday ...

US retail sales recorded annual growth in November 2025, with early holiday spending broadly aligned with the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) expectations for the season. The data is based on ...

Coming off its best-ever December sales last month, Hyundai went “5 for 5 in 2025,” achieving its fifth consecutive year of ...