Undeterred by high prices, rising interest rates, autoworker strikes and a computer chip shortage that slowed assembly lines, American consumers still bought 15.6 million new vehicles last year, 12% more than in 2022, the biggest increase in more than a decade.
Toasted, a new restaurant concept with a focus on “comfort food and cocktails,” will open its doors Jan. 27 in the former home of Bright Side Bar & Daiquiris on Nicholson Drive.
Infrastructure work has been completed on the eighth and ninth residential phases of Rouzan, says developer Charles Landry, as the traditional neighborhood development off Perkins Road in the Southdowns area continues to take shape.
Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries, according to the latest measure.