Consumers continued to adjust to pandemic life last month and ramped their spending back up.
Consumers continued to adjust to pandemic life last month and ramped their spending back up — bringing some much-needed momentum to fashion retailers.
September department stores gained 9.7 percent from August, when sales fell 2.2 percent, but were still down 7.3 percent last month compared with September 2019.
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