Shoppers Keep Their Wallets Open as US Retail Sales Tick Up in September

Early metrics suggest Christmas shopping will remain robust this year.American Eagle Outfitters store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., on Aug. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times11/25/2025|Updated: 11/25/2025Shoppers kept their wallets open in September as retail sales rose, though less than expected.Retail sales increased for the fourth consecutive month, rising 0.2 percent for a total of $733.3 billion, according to data released on Nov. 25 by the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau. This followed a 0.6 percent rise in August and represented the smallest increase in four months.Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of “The War on Cash.”Author’s Selected Articles