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♦ NRF issues bullish 2022 retail sales forecast. In its most recent forecast, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is calling for 2022 retail sales to see an annual increase between 6% to 8%, coming in at between $4.86 trillion to $4.95 trillion. NRF's numbers come with the caveat that they do not include sales data from automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants. The organization added that non-store and online sales year-over-year, which are included in the total figure, are expected to grow between 11 % to 13%, between $1.17 trillion to $1.19 trillion, a tally that continues to rise and has seen major traction even well before the pandemic two years ago. While this 2022 forecast falls short of the 14% annual retail sales growth rate seen in 2021, which NRF said marked the highest growth rate in more than 20 years, it noted that the 2022 forecast tops the 10-year, pre-pandemic growth rate of 3.7%. |