{"id":1004198599,"date":"2017-11-28T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004198599"},"modified":"2022-12-08T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:47:21","slug":"economy-watch-weekly-retail-sector-kicks-off-strong-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-retail-sector-kicks-off-strong-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch Weekly: Black Friday Retail Sales Soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004127908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-weekly-new-goods\/cperadio\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" data-orig-size=\"930,608\" 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=\"CPERadio\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Listen to the podcast above.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?w=930\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004127908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png\" alt=\"CPERadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png 930w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/CPERadio.png?resize=768,502 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Despite the many headlines talking about physical retail&#8217;s demise, brick-and-mortar stores seem to be holding strong, as evident by recent strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retailers-enjoy-solid-black-friday\/\">Black Friday sales<\/a> numbers from Adobe Digital Insights and ShopperTrak. As expected, online sales were particularly robust, but foot traffic in physical stores decreased less than 1 percent from Black Friday 2016, which is good news for traditional retailers. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses the latest sales numbers, for the week ending Nov. 24, 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick-and-mortar retailers are seemingly bucking the assumption of their demise, with retail sales posting a strong holiday season so far. 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