Early Holiday Sales Are Strong at Department Stores
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Consumers flocked to department stores but largely shopped right past specialty clothing retailers.
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U.S. department stores and clothing retailers posted surprisingly strong September sales on Thursday as falling gasoline prices and cool weather spurred spending on fall fashions such as skinny-leg pants and long tops.
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After struggling through a disappointing holiday season, retailers were heartened by a surge in business last week, and a busy shopping day after Christmas, creating more hope that they would meet their modest sales goals.
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Last-minute shoppers gave the nation's retailers a generally solid holiday season, with some apparel retailers and discounters enjoying particularly robust sales.
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U.S. retail sales jumped a more-than-expected 1.2 percent in December, the government said on Thursday, as car dealers, furniture stores and on-line retailers reported strong sales.
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In a bid to get consumers shopping early, the nation's retailers are serving up even more early bird specials on such items as TVs and toys, expanding their shopping hours and offering other enticements as they usher the official start of the holiday season on Friday.
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After raiding the nation's stores and malls as early as midnight Friday, the nation's shoppers pulled back on Saturday, resulting in a still solid start to the holiday shopping season, a national research firm that tracks retail sales said Monday.
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Sales at US retailers surged in the final days before Christmas, making up for weaker sales earlier in December and keeping stores on course for a gain of as much as 3 percent during the holidays.
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NEW YORK -- With just seven weeks to go before the traditional start of holiday shopping, retailers' hopes for an upbeat season are suddenly brighter.
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Sales at U S retailers rose last month more than analysts estimated as a cold snap spurred purchases of coats, hats, and scarves and consumers redeemed holiday gift cards.
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Upscale U.S. department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. JWN.N on Wednesday reported sales at its  stores open at least a year rose 9.3 percent during December,  the big holiday shopping month.
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Chain store sales rose more than expected last week mainly due to back-to-school shopping, in a sign that consumers continue to spend despite a weaker economy, two reports showed on Tuesday.
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Shoppers, encouraged by cooler temperatures and easing gasoline prices, went on a shopping spree in September, resulting in better-than-expected gains for many merchants and lifting the industry's spirits in advance of the holiday season.
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Holiday shopping got off to a flying start in the United States this weekend.
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US shoppers are starting to get into the holiday spirit, with indices on Tuesday showing sales picking up with only 10 shopping days until Christmas.
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The regional department store company is gearing up for the all-important holidays.
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Reports of strong holiday retail sales looked to propel US stocks to big gains at the start of trading Monday.