Investopedia / Julie Bang A sales tax is a consumption tax imposed by the government on the sale of goods and services. A conventional sales tax is levied at the point of sale (POS), which is ...

Although Black Friday is still the best time to buy almost everything, many other seasonal sales events have become almost as big in recent years. With pretty much every retailer planning some ...

Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have risen by 1.7% in January 2025. This follows a fall of 0.6% in December 2024 (revised down from a fall of 0.3% in our last bulletin). Food ...

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WESTERLY — Soupy season is upon us and the good folks at United are in full prep mode leading up to SoupyFest II, which is scheduled to take place on April 12. WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 23 ...

Not long ago, two colleagues and I found ourselves in an online meeting, cornered by three wildly overzealous sales professionals. They were selling a tool my company was evaluating, and their ...

The Art Center of Corpus Christi will host its 15th annual Souper Bowl fundraising event on Thursday. Local businesses, including Full Send Barbecue and Hester's Cafe, will be serving up soup at ...

On Feb. 16, he appeared as a guest on The Soupy Sales Show, the slapstick children’s program which punctuated every gag with the host taking a trademark cream pie to the face. Despite his ...

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more ...

U.S. retail sales surged 4.8% year-over-year in January, rising to $668 billion, setting the stage for unexpectedly strong retail growth in 2025, according to data just released by the U.S. Census ...

Retail and food sales made their largest monthly drop in January since March 2023, marking an end to the buying surge that took off in the run-up to the 2024 election. Sales fell by 0.9 percent to ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales dropped by the most in nearly two years in January, likely weighed down by frigid temperatures, wildfires and motor vehicle shortages, suggesting a ...