Retail sales surged last month in the biggest rise for more than a year and a half as online retailers experienced "unprecedented" demand for jewellery and strong orders of sports supplements amid the New Year health-kick.

Fiserv Small Business Index rises to 144 as year-over-year sales increase +1. 6% Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for December 2025, indicating small businesses closed out the holiday season with modest gains.