Americans flocked to auto dealerships last month to top off a record year for the industry at the expense of some other retailers, offering a mixed picture of sales during the year-end holidays. At the same time, steady hiring, improving incomes and a surge in consumer sentiment about the economy’s prospects could help keep shoppers in stores.
U.S. Retail Sales up by 0.6%
Sales at U.S. retailers accelerated in December on the heels of stronger demand for motor vehicles, capping a year of improvement for the nation’s merchants. The 0.6 percent gain last month followed a revised 0.2 percent advance in November, Commerce Department figures showed Friday. For all of 2016, sales climbed 3.3 percent, exceeding the 2.3 percent advance a year earlier.
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