It’s that time of the quarter – a multitude of newly-released economic indicators are released and then scoured for hints about the months and year to come. For the retail industry, the initial read on the outlook for 2013 came last week, when the National Retail Federation released its annual sales forecast of 3.4 percent, including online sales growth of between 9 and 12 percent.
Other key government data was released this week, including the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence...
