The continued recovery of the U.S. retail sales industry will depend in part on the current back-to-school season. That’s already faced significant disruption as a result of COVID-19 and uncertainties about whether children will attend schools or work at home. There’s a potential hit to spending with a survey by AdColony indicating 86% of shoppers will spend under $500 this season. Retailers don’t appear to expect a recovery in sales with U.S. seaborne imports of kids footwear and apparel down by 44.1% and 29.4% year over year respectively in July. There’s been a small recovery in import...
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