Retailers suffer after M&S slump
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UK retail shares slump after poor Christmas sales from Marks & Spencer, sparking fears of a cooling economy.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.
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Marks &amp; Spencer today revealed a further dramatic fall in sales figures and then disappointed shareholders even further with its buyback offer.
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The nation's consumers, uninspired by this season's fashions and rattled by high gas prices and the weakening home market, shopped gingerly last month, extending the misery of retailers who have struggled with a spending slowdown since February.
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Marks & Spencer reports a drop in quarterly revenues, but says sales of clothing and home goods are now improving.
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Business & money: Leading stores forecast shortfall in year's profits after shoppers cut back on festive spending
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The retailer lowers its outlook after same-store sales fall.
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Retail stocks fell on Wednesday as a  lackluster holiday shopping season and shrinking U.S. factory  production stoked fears of a recession, analysts said.
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An earnings warning from Lowe&#39;s Cos Inc   and a slashed September sales forecast from Target Corp   hammered retail stocks on Tuesday as skittish consumers  rein in spending, fueling concerns that the holiday shopping  season could be the weakest in years.
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Retailer Marks & Spencer said Wednesday it faced flagging sales in the run-up to Christmas and issued a gloomy outlook for 2008, sending its share price plunging by a fifth in value.
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday,  after data indicated that the critical holiday shopping season  got off to a sluggish start for retailers.
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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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Retailers are in for a gloomy holiday season, with shoppers weighed down by the weakening housing market and the credit crunch, according to industry forecasts.
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Retail sales unexpectedly fall in December as consumers rein in their Christmas spending.
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NEW YORK -- 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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Marks &amp; Spencer Group Plc, the UK&#39;s largest clothing retailer, said first-half earnings fell as much as 12 percent after sales declined for a fourth straight quarter.