Ecommerce Sales Spike to Record. Retail Sales ex Gas Stations, ex Auto Dealers Jump to Record. Plunging Price of Gasoline & Shortage of New Vehicles Dog those Retailers

by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street: No, consumers didn’t suddenly flock back to the mall. That was just a media joke. They bought online more than ever. Sales at department stores fell. The retail sales data, reported today by the Census Bureau, are based on surveys of about 5,500 retail businesses across the US, what they […]