Executive Summary

Coresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports.

Each month, we analyze key metrics that reflect consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. In these updates, we focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy: wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth.

In July:

• US wage growth continued to comfortably outpace inflation. Retail sales growth strengthened.
• UK retail sales growth moderated. Inflation in food and automotive fuel slowed.
• China retail sales growth slowed to 7.6% with apparel and cosmetic sales growth softening year over year.