Fortified by pandemic relief checks and in some cases a vaccine to protect against COVID-19, U.S. consumers went shopping in March, lifting sales among the cohort of retail segments followed by Retail Dive by a significant amount year over year, according to numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Listen to the briefing to hear just how good the sales were even compared to pre-pandemic data.

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