Retail and wholesale sector performance

FILE - In this Monday, June 14, 2021 file photo, people sit at outdoor tables at a restaurant in Soho, in London. Retail sales in Britain slipped back in May as people ventured out to spend money at restaurants and pubs following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, official figures showed Friday, June 18. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK retail sales dip as lockdown easing allows socializing

By Urooba Jamal Jun. 18, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

US retail sales fell 1.3% in May, chip shortage dings autos

By Joseph Pisani Jun. 15, 2021 08:54 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales fell in May, dragged down by a decline in auto sales, likely due to fewer cars being made amid a pandemic-related shortage of...

Shown are milk jugs at a grocery store in Roslyn, Pa., Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Wholesale prices, boosted by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May, and are up by a record amount over the past year, another indication that inflation pressures are rising since the economy has begun to re-open following the pandemic lockdowns. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Record rise in US wholesale prices over the past year

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 15, 2021 08:41 AM EDT

A woman wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed in quiet trading Wednesday ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that may give clues on what lies ahead with its massive support for markets. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asian shares mixed in quiet trading ahead of US Fed decision

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 15, 2021 01:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2019, file photo shoppers visit the downtown Target store in Minneapolis. Target has reported surging sales and profits for its fiscal first quarter thanks to shoppers who bought more apparel as they emerge from the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Target's profit surges as Americans cast restrictions aside

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 19, 2021 06:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a woman, wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, in Derry, N.H. Walmart Inc. blew past Wall Street projections, reporting strong sales results for the fiscal first quarter as shoppers continued to keep shopping at the discounter even as the pandemic eases. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Walmart sales still strong as pandemic eases, stimulus helps

By Anne D'innocenzio May. 18, 2021 07:37 AM EDT

Missouri set to require online stores to collect taxes

By Summer Ballentine May. 14, 2021 02:26 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is set to become the last state to require out-of-state online stores to collect sales taxes on residents' purchases after...

A woman carries Target shopping bags as she leaves the store, Monday, April 19, 2021 in New York. Retail sales in the U.S. were flat in April, after soaring in March, when many Americans received $1,400 stimulus checks that boosted spending. The report from the U.S. Commerce Department was worse than the 0.8% growth Wall Street analysts had expected. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Retail sales were flat in April as stimulus spending waned

By Joseph Pisani May. 14, 2021 08:48 AM EDT

This Week: Consumer prices, Disney earns, US retail sales

The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 01:10 AM EDT
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: INFLATION SURGE? A key measure of...

FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, a meatless burger patty called Beyond Burger by Beyond Meat is displayed at a grocery store in Richmond, Va. Plant-based meat company Beyond Meat has posted a first-quarter loss after higher sales were offset by marketing costs and lower prices. The company based in El Segundo, California reported Thursday, May 6, 2021 that its revenue rose 11% to $108.2 million in the January-March period. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Beyond Meat's Q1 hobbled by marketing costs, lower prices

By Dee-Ann Durbin May. 06, 2021 05:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2021 file photo, a salesperson helps a customer shopping for Bean Boots at the L.L. Bean flagship retail store in Freeport, Maine. Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again. Retail sales surged a seasonally adjusted 9.8% after dropping about 3% the month before, the Commerce Department said Thursday, April 15. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

$1,400 stimulus checks helped March retail sales soar 9.8%

By Joseph Pisani Apr. 15, 2021 09:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, people walk by the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as traders welcome some strong reports on the economy including a drop in jobless claims and a big increase in retail spending, as well as more robust earnings from big companies including Citigroup and United Healthcare (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Asian shares mixed as vaccine wait tempers Wall St optimism

By Yuri Kageyama Apr. 15, 2021 01:33 AM EDT

Florida House OK's bill to tax out-of-state online sales

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 08, 2021 01:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida moved closer Thursday in requiring online retailers and other out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax, a step that could...