{"id":1004155287,"date":"2016-10-12T08:12:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004155287"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:43:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:43:41","slug":"economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Retail Sales Promise Holiday Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004156109\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004156109\" data-attachment-id=\"1004156109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\/holiday-retail_800x630\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Holiday-Retail_800x630\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user slowburn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg?w=800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004156109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user slowburn\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg?resize=300,236 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg?resize=768,605 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004156109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user slowburn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Retail Federation expects U.S. holiday sales to increase a solid 3.6 percent this year to $655.8 billion.\u00a0That&#8217;s significantly higher than the 10-year average uptick of 2.5 percent and even the 3.4 percent recorded on average since the economic recovery began in 2009. NRF&#8217;s projection covers retail sales in November and December, not including autos, gas and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Physical retailers (and their landlords) will likely benefit from the uptick, if the prediction proves accurate. But so will virtual retailers: the NRF also forecasts that online sales will increase between 7 percent and 10 percent this year and could reach $117 billion. On the whole, retailers are expected to hire between 640,000 and 690,000 seasonal workers this holiday season, in line with last year\u2019s 675,300 holiday positions.<\/p>\n<p>According to NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz, consumers have seen steady job and income gains throughout the year, resulting in continued confidence and the greater use of credit. That bodes well for more spending throughout the holiday season. On the other hand, there are wild cards that could shake shoppers&#8217; confidence or otherwise affect sales: geopolitical uncertainty, the results of the presidential election and unseasonably warm weather.<\/p>\n<p>NRF\u2019s holiday sales forecast is based on an economic model using several indicators, including consumer credit, disposable personal income and previous monthly retail sales releases. The overall forecast includes the non-store category, which are direct-to-consumer, kiosks and online sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer confidence could boost sales a higher-than-average 3.6 percent in November and December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":1004156109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,21749],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004155287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-retail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Economy Watch: Retail Sales Promise Holiday Cheer - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economy Watch: Retail Sales Promise Holiday Cheer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Consumer confidence could boost sales a higher-than-average 3.6 percent in November and December.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-12T16:12:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T02:43:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/10\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dees Stribling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dees Stribling\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc1e9fa4ee0430d86f8e60cd697c953c\"},\"headline\":\"Economy Watch: Retail Sales Promise Holiday Cheer\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-12T16:12:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T02:43:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/Holiday-Retail_800x630.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Retail\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-retail-sales-promise-holiday-cheer\\\/\",\"name\":\"Economy Watch: Retail Sales Promise Holiday Cheer - 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