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Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts) Fri May 15, 2020, 09:16 AM May 2020

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Retail Sales drop 16.4% in April

-12% was expected, this is a new 1 month record drop. Absolute catastrophic for the short term economy.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coroanvirus-covid-april-2020-retail-sales-165105238.html

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Retail Sales drop 16.4% in April (Original Post) Johnny2X2X May 2020 OP

Shocking that it isn't greater FBaggins May 2020 #1

+8.4% Johnny2X2X May 2020 #2

without the 8% surge in online retail sales, this number would have looked even worse beachbumbob May 2020 #3

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)

1. Shocking that it isn't greater

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 09:28 AM

May 2020

Must be an incredible shift to online sales.

Johnny2X2X

(18,969 posts)

2. +8.4%

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Fri May 15, 2020, 09:40 AM

May 2020

Online sales rose 8.4%. That's a huge gain.

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

3. without the 8% surge in online retail sales, this number would have looked even worse

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 10:11 AM

May 2020

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