US Retail Sales Contract in January in World Economy News 07/03/2026 US retail sales inched lower by 0.2% from the previous month in January of 2026, pulling back from a stall in the last month of 2025 and loosely in line with market expectations of a 0.3% drop. It was the first decline since October. Retail volumes contracted sharply for motor vehicle and parts dealers (-0.9%), gasoline stations (-2.9%), electronics and appliances stores (-0.6%), and clothing and accessories (-1.7%). Still, sales rose for furniture (0.7%), building materials and garden equipment (0.6%), miscellaneous stores (2%), and non-store retailers (1.9%). These were enough to lift the control group of retail sales by 0.3%, likely having a positive impact in the US GDP. From the previous year, retail sales rose by 3.2% in January. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-07 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share