Rain fails to dampen Blacks sales
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Outdoor clothing retailer Blacks says demand for waterproofs, spurred by a wet summer, has buoyed sales.
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Retail sales were generally lackluster in August. Some outfits blamed Hurricane Charlie. Others pointed the finger at gas prices or the late start to the back-to-school shopping season.
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Thanks to a rainy holiday season, the Atlanta area stayed just above its historical low-water mark for annual rainfall, the National Weather Service reported.
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HIGH-STREET retailer Boots reported a cooling in sales growth yesterday after disappointing summer weather stalled demand for suncare products.
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The pound was stable in early afternoon trading after weaker-than-expected retail sales data.
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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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Last month's bad weather did not have as bad an impact on the High Street as feared, figures show.
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Sales of non-new houses in the US fell last month but still exceeded analyst forecasts.
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U.S. chain store retail sales saw a  slight decline of 0.3 percent on a week-over-week basis.   However, on a year-over-year basis, the sales momentum remained  strong at 3.5 percent, a report said on Tuesday.
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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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Wet weather is set to put a dampener on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend as sun gives way to heavy rain.
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Business & money: Official data reveals a worse-than-expected fall in retail sales last month
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The weather outside was frightful, retail sales were not delightful, but investors had no place to go, so they let the stock market go, and go and go.
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Sales stall as a tough April affects another retailer.
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Wal-Mart (WMT:NYSE - news - research) warned Monday of the possibility its discount outlets open longer than a year will report no sales growth in August because of a weak back-to-school season the impact of Hurricane Charley in the Southeast.
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HIGH street giant Boots reported a cooling in sales growth today after disappointing summer weather stalled demand for suncare products.
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Higher interest rates and a damp, cool summer take their toll on UK retail sales in August, says the CBI's latest trades survey.