Demand for the latest fashion trends is always strong in the weeks leading up to Easter, a time when retailers are still selling the season’s must-have Spring items at full price. Easter Sunday this year is April 4. The fact that consumers still appear to be willing to buy the latest fashion items now rather than waiting for a discount later, despite being mostly at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, is an encouraging sign for the retail industry. Easter is one of the largest retail buying holidays. In addition to the traditional Easter eggs and holiday-related groceries, the end of

May retail sales continued to show weakness in the industry.

The Thomson Reuters Same Store Sales Index for February 2016 is expected to register a 0.5% comp, with a 0.3% result excluding drug stores.