Storms chill some retailers, but others thrive
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U.S. retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and Federated Department Stores  reported weak February sales on Thursday, saying the month's cold temperatures and stormy weather hampered results.
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Frigid winter winds blew life into U.S.  retailers' January sales as consumers snapped up cold weather  clothes that were left on the shelves from the holiday season.
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Top U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , reported lackluster September sales on Thursday, as warm weather and string of hurricanes that battered the East Coast dampened buying.
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Top U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N, reported lackluster September sales on  Thursday as warm weather and the string of hurricanes that  battered the East Coast dampened buying.
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Business & money: After a gloomy Christmas, retailers are pessimistic as debt-laden customers face reality
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Retailers reported mostly gloomy December sales results, hurt by snowstorms as well as deep discounting aimed at getting cash-strapped consumers to open their wallets during retail's most important month.
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Frigid winter winds blew life into U.S. retailers' January sales, as consumers snapped up cold weather clothes left on the shelves from the holiday season.
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The large winter storm that socked much of the Midwest snarled the operations of the nation&#39;s three largest package shippers on Thursday, throwing holiday gift package deliveries into disarray.
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Given the impact that hurricane season had on casual dining chains and fast-food restaurants throughout the Southeast, it should come as little surprise that the company
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Steep discounts, combined with warm and wet weather, led to a less-than-stellar November sales for many chains, despite heavy shopper turnout for the kick-off of the holiday season, retailers said on Thursday.
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The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom. By Richard Luscombe | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.
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U.S. retailers were hopeful on Monday that a dusting of snow on the East Coast would put consumers in the Christmas shopping mood after what has so far been a ho-hum holiday sales season.
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The back-to-school shopping season was not a disaster, but the respectable, if lackluster performance of retailers may have been driven by discounts that obscure troubles ahead.
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Retail chains from discounters like Kmart to department stores like Sears are under renewed scrutiny, not so much for what they sell as for the ground they stand on.
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U.S. consumers, who flocked to malls  at the start of the holiday shopping season, have since backed  off, kept out of stores by a Midwest ice storm and the ease of  shopping online, data released on Sunday by SpendingPulse  showed.
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Dec 24, 2004 - Shoppers some holding out for the best bargains, others delayed by winter storms in the Midwest hit the nation&#39;s malls and stores, looking for last-minute gifts on Friday, the day before Christmas.
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Retailers reported weak February sales, saying the monthâs cold temperatures and stormy weather hampered results.