08:55 AM EDT, 07/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Redbook US same-store sales rose by 5.2% from a year earlier in the week ended July 12 after a 5.9% year-over-year increase in the previous week.

Redbook noted that retailers began promotional events in an effort to compete with Amazon Prime Days, lifting purchases of essentials and back-to-school items. However, storms impacted traffic in the South and flooding led to store closures in Texas.

Through the first selling week for July, sales were up 5.2% compared with July 2024, below the target for a 5.7% gain, Redbook said.