( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “U.S. small businesses.” Consumers spent more at small businesses in July. [CutID: <Cuts> SMALL-BIZ-SPENDING-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: SMALL-BIZ-SPENDING-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: U.S. small businesses] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Compared with July of last year, sales rose 3.5% and number of transactions rose 3.3%. Retail spending rose 4.6% and retail […]
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Spending at small businesses rose in July
( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “U.S. small businesses.”
Consumers spent more at small businesses in July.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Compared with July of last year, sales rose 3.5% and number of transactions rose 3.3%. Retail spending rose 4.6% and retail transactions jumped 5.8%. General merchandise was the strongest category, up 10.9%.
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VERBATIM: It was a rebound fueled by strong sales of general merchandise and health aas well as personal care products. The Fiserv Small Business Index rose one point to 141 after a four point decline in June. The figure is derived from point-of-sale transaction data, including card, cash, and check transactions in-store and online across about 2 million U.S. small businesses.