Some say we are experiencing a retail apocalypse because in 2017 more stores closed than ever before. But Keith Spano, who spoke at the opening session, contended that retail is alive and well and changing.
Flooring America/Flooring Canada, International Design Guild (IDG), and The Floor Trader convened at Winter conneXtion 2018, held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.
As the “retail apocalypse” canard continues to grab the odd headline in the media, the data and the facts are consistently telling us quite a different story.
The most recent retail sales figures released by the Census Bureau were up a robust 4.2% year-on-year in July. Every month this year has seen a steady increase in sales over the same period last year.