Commercial & Residential Property Blog

The International Council of Shopping Centers expects holiday sales among U.S. retailers to rise 1 percent this year compared with last year, when retail sales fell off a cliff (down 5.8 percent compared with the pre-recession holiday season of 2007). It’s a slightly more optimistic forecast than some other organizations that track retail activity, such as the flat 2009 holiday sales predicted by Retail Forward, as previously reported by CPE.