Retailers Post Mediocre Holiday Sales
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Lucinda Antal, of Liverpool, England, right, tests lipstick shades on her hand at the Face store in New York Sunday Nov. 28, 2004, assissted by salesperson David Kalahiki.
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U.S. retailers on Thursday delivered  mixed sales results for December, the year's key shopping  month, with upscale stores faring well but many others slashing  prices, squeezing profits.
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The retailer posts modest gains in total sales and comps.
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U.S. shoppers came out in droves in  November, but warm and wet weather, combined with steep holiday  discounts, prompted less-than-stellar sales at many chains,  retailers said on Thursday.
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From discounters to department stores, the nation&#39;s retailers reported bleak November sales yesterday, raising doubts about holiday sales prospects.
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Early holiday sales reports are weak, with Target Corp., the nation's No.2 retailer, warning that its sales may have fallen in December.
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Sales of womenâs clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually weak so far this year, according to a major credit card company.
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Major U.S. retailers reported modest gains in November sales on Thursday, as discounting lured customers, but high energy prices and nagging concerns about a soggy job market kept buying in check.
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Retailers around the country reported October sales Thursday that were better than Wall Street analysts were expecting, but industry experts said the results didn&#39;t raise their expectations for the holiday season.
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Retailers benefited from a last-minute holiday shopping spree, putting them on track to meet modest seasonal sales goals, two groups that track consumer spending reported Tuesday.
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Sales at U.S. retailers fell 0.4 percent in December and were less vigorous in November than previously thought, according to a government report on Tuesday that implied costlier energy and slumping housing prices were taking a toll on consumers.
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U.S. shoppers have kept a tight grip  on their wallets this holiday season with indices on Tuesday  showing sluggish sales in the second week of the  season.
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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. chain store retail sales slipped during the Thanksgiving holiday week, as consumers took advantage of discounted merchandise, a retail report said on Tuesday.
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The retail sector overall may be reporting a sluggish start to the season, but holiday shoppers are scooping up iPods, DVDs, digital cameras and other tech goods at a brisk pace -- and they
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Shoppers were spending money up until the last minute, but holiday sales were nevertheless a disappointment. So says MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, a report that tracks retail sales nationally.
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NEW YORK -- The start of the holiday season was respectable but unimpressive for many of the nation's retailers, with consumers jamming stores and malls on Friday and pulling back as the weekend wore on.