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The Census Bureau said overall retail sales in January were down 0.9% seasonally adjusted month over month but up 4.2% unadjusted year over year.

Shoppers spent less in January than they did during the busy holiday month before but retail sales had strong year-over-year gains nonetheless.

The amount is up from last year’s $25.8 billion and slightly above the previous record of $27.4 billion set in 2020.

Data released by the US Census Bureau shows that core retail sales during the 2024 holiday season grew an unexpectedly high 4% over 2023 to a record $994.1 billion, coming in ahead of the National Retail Federation’s forecast.

Tony D'Onofrio shares his tip five takeaways from the National Retail Federation's 2025 Big Show in New York City.

Retailers reported a 93 percent increase in the average number of shoplifting incidents per year in 2023 versus 2019 and a 90 percent increase in dollars lost due to shoplifting over the same time period, according to a new study released by the NRF.

Strong results during the third quarter and continued growth in key economic data since then have set the stage for a solid holiday season, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz.

Moderate retail sales growth continued in November even as two of the holiday season’s busiest shopping days bumped over into December and weren’t included in the month’s totals, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor.

The figure is the second highest number in the survey’s history after last year’s record of 200.4 million, and surpassed NRF’s initial expectations of 183.4 million shoppers.

NRF’s Fight Retail Crime Day returns today, October 24, to mobilize the retail community to advocate for effective solutions in combating crime.