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08 Jan 16 : 29 | Check Out Line: December sales slump Check Out the drop in sales. It was no surprise that sales were weak in December, though some retailers stood out Thursday for their worse-than-expected performance. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose just 1.7 percent, while analysts were... Source : Shop Talk 10 hours ago |
26 Dec 16 : 11 | Check Out Line: Mixed Sales News Check Out mixed news on the retail sales front. Retailers are now out to lure consumers with after-Christmas deals as data show this year’s holiday season was one of the weakest in decades. The retail data service of MasterCard Advisors said U.S. retail sales fell as much as 4 percent during the... Source : Shop Talk |
12 Dec 15 : 18 | Check Out Line: Falling gas prices mean falling retail sales Check out the fifth straight drop in U.S. retail sales. The Commerce Department said total retail sales fell 1.8 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted $355.66 billion following a revised 2.9 percent plunge in October. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, sales were down 1.6 percent in... Source : Shop Talk |
30 Dec 19 : 02 | Check Out Line: Holiday wishes for a better economy Check out Americans, fed up with financial doom, who are wishing for a cheerier economy in 2009. The Marist Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, New York, polled 1,003 Americans about their expectations for 2009 on December 9 and 10 — days after the National Bureau of Economic Research... Source : Shop Talk |
17 Dec 15 : 49 | Check Out Line: Food makers surprise Wall St on the upside Check out those higher prices at the grocery store helping General Mills and ConAgra to post quarterly results above Wall Street expectations. Both food makers reported lower profits on a net basis. But excluding various items, their earnings were stronger than analysts were expecting. General... Source : Shop Talk |
09 Dec 16 : 54 | Check Out Line: Hanging at the mall not so fun Check out how consumers feel about shopping at malls. Auto dealers and reporters are popular targets for hate mail. But mall operators may have reason to fear joining them if a new study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and the Verde Group, a market research consultancy,... Source : Shop Talk |
