Mississippi Business Journal » cunstomer http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 NRF forecasts retail growth this year to lag 2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/nrf-forecasts-retail-growth-this-year-to-lag-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nrf-forecasts-retail-growth-this-year-to-lag-2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/nrf-forecasts-retail-growth-this-year-to-lag-2012/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:59:43 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=68801 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.2 percent growth seen in 2012. The subdued forecast comes on the heels of a holiday season that went head-to-head with Washington’s [...]

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