NEW YORK — Sales for the 2024 holiday shopping season turned out to be robust and better than expected, as easing inflation on merchandise drove shoppers to buy, according to the nation’s largest retail trade group. Holiday sales in November and December rose 4% to $994.1 billion compared with the previous year, according to the National Retail Federation, the largest …
Retail milk prices rose 15% over the past year, the fastest pace in a decade, and could increase further this summer, analysts said, citing higher fodder prices, a shortage of milch cattle due to an epidemic and a slowdown in productivity in the world’s largest milk producer. One in three households reduced consumption and spending on milk due to rising …
Singles’ Day was started by four male students at a Chinese university to celebrate singlehood in the 1990s. In 2009, e-commerce giant Alibaba started offering major discounts on 11 November and now it has snowballed into a mega-shopping bonanza, bigger than America’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday There is no love greater than the love for shopping. It’s not an …
Leading real estate player, Mantri Developer on Monday announced the opening of one of India’s largest mall, Mantri Square, spread over 1.7 million square feet and which would soon have a metro connectivity as well. 500 crore, the mall boasts of 252 retail outlets offering 10,000 brands, Sushil Mantri, Chairman and Managing Director, Mantri Developers told media. The mall would …
