NPD Group
US discretionary retail sales dropped in February
According to Circana (formerly IRI) and the NPD Group, discretionary US general merchandise retail sales fell by 4% last month, year-over-year, and unit sales were down by 5%US: footwear industry sales to stabilize through 2025
Following the pandemic-fuelled instability experienced since 2020, US footwear sales are expected to stabilize over the next three years, growing at a steady pace of 1%, says the NPD GroupUS consumers to do more holiday shopping in-stores than online
This is the first year since the COVID-pandemic breakout in which consumers said expecting to make more of their holiday purchases in stores (46%) than online (45%), said the NPD GroupAthletic footwear sales declined in the first quarter
According to the NPD Group retail tracking service, athletic footwear sales in the US decreased by 8.2% from January through March 2022, on a comparable basis to the same period in 2021Sports footwear trend will grow by 50% in the next decade
The sports footwear business continues to thrive. By 2030, the global athletic footwear industry should generate 165.00 billion US dollars, which will reflect an increase of 50.4%, as compared to revenue of 109.70 billion US dollars in 2020US: sport leisure footwear sales slow down
According to the NPD Group, footwear sales decelerated in the third quarter of 2021 (July-September). Fashion footwear continues to recover slowly- 1