Consumer spending on clothing and footwear increased 0.9 percent in April to $426.6 million from $422.78 million in March, the second straight monthly increase after falling in February. This outpaced overall personal consumption expenditures (PCE), which increased 0.3 percent, or $40.8 billion, in April, according to estimates released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)….
