Strong margins help offset demand slide

摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented demand destructionto retailers across the United States in 2020, but those in the Northeastand the Western regions have seen the deepest declines, OPISDemandPro data show.The news, however, wasn’t all bad. The steep decline in demand wasoffset by strong margins through the year, with the deepest drop in salesroughly coinciding with record-setting margins throughout the country,according to OPIS data.