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Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns
Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns After a solid holiday season, US retail sales took a surprising step back to start 2025, snapping a streak of growth and fueling worries about the economy. Retail and food services sales fell 0.9 percent in January, according to Census Bureau data released on Friday, Feb. 14. The decline reversed the trend from December 2024's revised increase of 0.7 percent, signaling that consumers may be feeling the squeeze from rising prices. Economists had predicted only a slight decline, with Dow Jones estimating a 0.2 percent drop, NBC News reported. The sales totals were seasonally adjusted but…
Bring Your Broken Items Back To Life (For Free) At Rutherford Repair Cafe Bring Your Broken Items Back To Life (For Free) At Rutherford Repair Cafe
Bring Your Broken Items Back To Life (For Free) At Rutherford Repair Cafe Why toss it when you can fix it? Before you kick that wobbly chair to the curb or give up on your flickering lamp, bring it to Rutherford’s Repair Café and watch the magic happen! The Rutherford Green Team’s 11th Repair Café is happening Saturday, Feb. 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the basement of the Rutherford Public Library at 150 Park Ave.  The event is open to anyone in need. Enter through the back courtyard and prepare to give your favorite things a second chance. At the Repair Café, local experts will tinker, sew, and tighten screws to bring your broken treasures back…
Revealing Clothes, Offensive Tattoos May Now Get You Kicked Off This Airline's Flights Revealing Clothes, Offensive Tattoos May Now Get You Kicked Off This Airline's Flights
Revealing Clothes, Offensive Tattoos May Now Get You Kicked Off This Airline's Flights Travelers on Spirit Airlines may not be allowed on flights with offensive clothing or tattoos, according to a new policy. Spirit made the change in its Contract of Carriage, which was updated on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The new rules allow the airline to deny boarding or remove passengers whose attire or body art is deemed "lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature." The changes, outlined in section 4.3 of the contract, could prevent a flyer from boarding or forcing that person to leave a plane for not following the policy. Passengers removed for violating these rules will not be elig…