Major Retailers Feel the Squeeze From Consumers
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Once seemingly invincible marquee chains like Coach, Target, Starbucks and Abercrombie & Fitch are settling for ho-hum growth this winter.
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(CBS/AP) The start of the holiday season was respectable but unimpressive for many of the leading US retailers, with consumers jamming stores and malls on Friday and pulling back as the weekend wore on.
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Crumbling consumer confidence and slumping home sales could prove to be a bad combination for retailers, and for the broader economy going into the holiday shopping season
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British producers struggle to keep up with consumers' soaring demand.
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The nation's shoppers Â taking advantage of deep discounts and expanded hours Â jammed stores over the last weekend before Christmas to try to grab a hard-to-find Wii or scoop up bargains on other items. But the spending surge may not be enough to offset what is shaping up to be a mediocre December for some retailers.
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But trend provokes industry unrest; panel makers call for drop in retail markups to move units. By Evan Ramstad and Gary McWilliams.
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As holiday shopping reaches the homestretch, consumers who are far removed from Madison Avenue and Rodeo Drive say they are holding down their spending.
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Some shoddy reports trickling in Thursday night threw a wrench into an otherwise uneventful second-quarter earnings season for retailers. At least one analyst thinks its a harbinger, as consumers get cautious about spending money on anything that isn&#39;t ...
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The FTSE 100 extended recent falls on Monday, with retailers at the fore-front of the sell-off. With the key Christmas spending period upon us, the sector was hit by continued consumer spending fears.
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Economic pressures and online deals  might have led consumers to sharply limit their trips to  retailers in the week leading up to Christmas, data tracker  ShopperTrak RCT said on Thursday.
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Both conservative and liberal consumers are looking harder for goods made or grown in the United States.
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US stores post mixed results for the holiday season, with luxury retailers faring well and others forced to slash prices.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales crashing by the sharpest amount in nearly two years.
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The nation's retailers, once hopeful for a strong spring selling season, are being forced to ratchet down their expectations after sales stalled amid the chill of February.
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Shoppers expecting big, across-the-board price cuts in the run-up to Christmas may be in for an unpleasant surprise.
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The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending, but consumers faded by the long Thanksgiving weekendâs close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.