InfographicThree Data Points We’re Watching This Week, Week 12: US Retail and Consumer Latest John Mercer, Head of Global Research and Managing Director of Data-Driven Research March 21, 2025 Reasons to ReadOur Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week series spotlights key data points from this week’s research. Discover key data points we are watching in week 12 of 2025. This week, we focus on US retail sales performance and projections as well as survey-driven insights on consumers’ financial expectations. Dive into the full research report behind these data points: February 2025 US Retail Sales: First Year-Over-Year Drop Since the Pandemic Look out for our upcoming US Retail Sales Outlook report, one of our monthly reports. Consumer Sentiment Falls Further After Stock-Market Sell-Off; Plus, Social Commerce in Focus: US Consumer Survey Insights—with associated infographic and video Other relevant research: The US Retail Sales Databank features retail sales values and year-over-year growth, in total and by sector, by year and by month. This Databank is updated monthly. The Coresight Research US Consumer Survey Databank provides additional insight into US consumer behaviors from our weekly surveys. All graphics in the Three Data Points series This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Financial Confidence Reaches Five-Month High: Weekly US Consumer Sentiment, Week 26, 2025—InfographicCEO Brief: Tech for Tariffs—Four Technologies (and Services) That Can Raise Revenues and Margins Now to Offset Tariff PainMixed Sentiment Trends Ahead of August 1 Tariffs; Plus, Luxury Shopping in Focus: US Consumer Survey InsightsBreathing Space for US Retailers and Brands: US Tariffs Paused for 90 Days But Hiked Further for China
