by Brianna Monsanto | May 17, 2022 | Economy, Featured
A cook with no cookware is like a fish with no water. For an Alabama cook at a Huntsville gastropub cuisine restaurant, who asked to go by Sean, what sounds like a cook’s worst nightmare has become a recurring problem for the past two years. Sean and his...
by Brianna Monsanto | Apr 13, 2022 | Retail Sales
On Thursday, the U.S Census Bureau will release their monthly retail sales report, a thorough examination of consumer demand for retail goods and fast food services. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg anticipate a 0.6% increase in sales for the month of March. ...
by Brianna Monsanto | Apr 3, 2022 | Retail Sales
Regular gas at the Speedway in Albemarle County, Virginia is at $4.20 per gallon, up from $2.72 a year ago. The grocery store a mile away, a Kroger, has raised the price of pork and beef. Yet in the middle of the two, one local business has somehow managed to avoid...
by Brianna Monsanto | Mar 24, 2022 | Retail Sales
Consumers slowed their spending in February as they continue to deal with higher prices. Retail sales grew a mere 0.3% in February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Gasoline stations dominated the report with a 5.3% increase in sales. These figures indicate...
by Brianna Monsanto | Feb 23, 2022 | Economy, Featured, Retail Sales
The Omicron variant made its rounds across the country in January, causing a number of employee shortages and shortened shopping hours. Yet, consumers continued to spend. Retail sales rose 3.8% in January from December, a bigger gain than economists expected. Sales...
