Getting a Real-Time Read on Retail Sales
Analysts and investors could soon have access to real-time data on consumer shopping 24/7, thanks to new digital technologies and in-store analytics.
Daniel Nadler
December 17, 2025
Shoppers enter a Prada SpA store in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Prada SpA, the Italian owner of the eponymous fashion label, is studying an initial public offering in Hong Kong for the first half of 2011, according to three people familiar with the situation. Photographer: Timothy O'Rourke/Bloomberg
Timothy O'Rourke/Bloomberg
