Barbara Thau Contributor

Consumers will be in the mood to shop: This year, the retail industry will generate its most robust annual growth since 2011, according to The National Retail Federation.

The industry’s leading trade association released its 2015 economic forecast today, projecting that retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants) will rise 4.1% up from 3.5% growth in 2014. The NRF expects online sales to increase between 7% and 10% this year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/barbarathau/2015/02/12/forecast-retail-industry-to-generate-strongest-growth-in-four-years/