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The Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear.

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

We discuss a fall back in consumer spending on apparel in February 2021 and moderated spending growth in the beauty category in the month. This report covers the following:

• US consumer spending on clothing and footwear—year-over-year change
• US consumer spending by subcategory, including children’s and infants’ clothing, men’s and boys’ clothing, and women’s and girls’ clothing—year-over-year change
• US consumer spending on footwear—year-over-year change
• US consumer spending on selected beauty categories—year-over-year change
• Our estimates for year-over-year growth in the clothing and footwear and beauty categories in the coming months, as we annualize the Covid-19 impacts in 2020