Retailers' Jumpy January
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Savvy investors can find retail bargains -- but not everything's on sale.
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Retail sales in Germany fell sharply in January as a result of the steep rise in value-added or sales tax (VAT) which came into effect at the start of the month, data showed Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Retail sales, hurt by a big drop in auto purchases, slowed in January to the weakest performance in three months.
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Business & money: Festive week sees 8% jump on previous year with record takings on first  day of January sale
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Retail sales were up 0.3% in January as shoppers put aside worries about the slumping economy.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants reported their weakest January performance in nearly four decades.
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Lots of retailers took a tumble over the last year. Which ones should bargain hunters be watching?
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With only four more shopping days until Christmas, it&#39;s the retailers -- not the shoppers -- who appear to be feeling frantic.
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UK shoppers left their Christmas shopping late this year, but there was a seasonal rush in the last 10 days, retailers say.
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Retail sales fell 0.3 percent in January &#151; the weakest showing in five months &#151; as a big drop in demand for cars offset strength at clothing and department stores. Spending was powered mostly by consumers anxious to use holiday gift cards.
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US retail sales rose 0.3 percent in January, a government report showed Wednesday, as shopping activity rebounded unexpectedly despite growing economic worries.
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Retail sales dropped at their sharpest rate in four years in January, despite heavy discounting in many stores.
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Retail sales, hurt by a big drop in auto purchases, slowed in January to the weakest performance in three months.
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Sales at retailers rose 0.3 percent  in January, which was an unexpected pickup that partly  reflected stronger sales of new cars and gasoline, according to  a Commerce Department report on Wednesday.
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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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U.S. consumers' mood unexpectedly  brightened a bit in January but failed to silence the drumbeat  of talk about a possible economic downturn.
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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.