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CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions July 2024 Report

August 9, 2024

July 2024 Retail Monitor Report

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The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor provides a first look at how retail sales perform each month. The Retail Monitor leverages Affinity Solutions’ data from more than 140 million credit and debit cards, with nearly nine billion transactions totaling more than $500 billion in annual spending, to measure the monthly and annual change in U.S. retail sales.

Affinity Solutions has amended the originally released July 2024 category-level data. The updated data is reflected in the report. 

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