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US Jewelry-Store Sales Rise in May
Jul 19, 2017 9:57 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Sales at specialty jewelry stores in the US jumped 4.7% to
$3.06 billion in May, according to provisional data recently published by the US Census Bureau.
Sales grew 1.9% to $12.4 billion in the first five months
versus the same period a year ago, the data showed.
The increase came as the Consumer Confidence Index, a measure
of the health of the US consumer economy, decreased 1.3% in May but rose 1.1%
in June, according to the Conference Board.
“Expectations for the
short term have eased somewhat, but are still upbeat,” said Lynn Franco,
director of economic indicators at the Conference Board, in a statement in late
June.
“Overall, consumers anticipate the economy will continue
expanding in the months ahead, but they do not foresee the pace of growth
accelerating,” Franco added. |
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conference board, consumer confidence, Consumer Confidence Index, Jewelry sales, jewelry stores, Lynn Franco, Rapaport News, retail, US, US Jewelry-Store Sales
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