Holiday sales up 7.6% despite squeeze of inflation

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2 thoughts on “Holiday sales up 7.6% despite squeeze of inflation

  1. Despite inflation? How is that claim supported?
    Couldn’t the sales growth be “because of inflation”?

    Sales growth %yoy is a measurement of growth plus inflation. With inflation at ~7% it sounds more like there was zero sales growth, and it was all inflation.

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