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Retail & Commerce

Retail Rundown

Will Retail sales grow this week?

Back to school spending is forecast at a record 43 billion, but 47% of families say they are buying only the essentials for now. Record forecast, rationed carts. The register decides which story is true this week.

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Graduation Progress14%
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$7of $50 to graduate

Activity

MARKET WINDOW

August 17 to 23, compared against the August 10 to 16 prior week.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Sales are total verified consumer dollars at basket merchants during the window, all channels. The target line is total sales over the identical-length, same-days-of-week prior window.

RESOLUTION METHOD

Yes wins if window sales exceed the prior-week line; No wins otherwise. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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