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 September:

• US wage growth and inflation softened a little. Retail sales growth remained solid at 4.4%.
• UK retail sales climbed 3.6%, driven by a reported jump in sales at small retailers.
• China retail sales growth quickened to 7.8% year over year.