National Retail Federation, the Consumer Federation of America, the Credit Union National Association, and FTI Consulting; Black Friday results from ShopperTrak [a] Jobless claims measure the rate of firing, not the rate of hiring, which is still low by any measure. But over the last year, jobless claims ha

National Retail Federation, the Consumer Federation of America, the Credit Union National Association, and FTI Consulting; Black Friday results from ShopperTrak EFTA00751574 Eye on the Market I November 29, 2010 J.P.Morgan Topics: The EMU unraveling; China and the Koreas heat up; the selloff in US munic

r brick-and- mortar retail stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday declined a combined 1.6% when compared to the same days in 2016, according to ShopperTrak. Black Friday 2017 shopper visits decreased less than 1.0% when compared to Black Friday 2016. This compared to 2016 in which shopper visits declin