holiday shopping

The University of Cincinnati Economics Center forecasts Ohioans will spend more than $32 billion this holiday season—an increase of less than 1% over last year.

Friday marks the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, and American retail is still feeling the effects of the lingering pandemic, supply chain issues, and more.

The predicted increase is thought to be connected to higher wages, but higher prices are a part of that too.

Supply chain disruptions, inflation as well as the ongoing impact of COVID-19 are creating a confluence of crises for the holiday season. We’ll look at how they’ll affect the holiday shopping and gift-giving season.

The U.S. is dotted with more warehouses than ever. But they are overwhelmed by record-level imports, a lack of workers and a shopping spree of unprecedented proportions.

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The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants and UC's Economic Center are out with the latest state-wide holiday retail spending report and it's not as rosy as...