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May 22, 2025

Tariffs, inflation, leery customers impacting retailers

  • Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity.
    • By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
    AP Business Writer

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    Target now expects a low-single digit decline for 2025 after previously projecting a 1% increase for sales.

    Retailers are trying to navigate their way through economic uncertainty in 2025. Tariffs, inflation and lingering fears of a recession have left many Americans uneasy and pulling back on spending.


     
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