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Family Dollar Stores Inc.  on  Thursday said August sales rose 4 percent at stores open at  least a year, and the company raised its profit outlook for the  just-ended fiscal fourth quarter.
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Major retailers, led by discounters Wal-Mart and Target, turned in better-than-expected August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school shopping despite higher gasoline prices and the nation's housing meltdown.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on  Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 3.1 percent rise in  August sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year.
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General Motors reports a 4% rise in US car sales in August, its first rise in seven months, thanks to heavy discounts attracting customers.
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General Motors posted a surprise sales gain in August, bucking an industry trend of weak auto sales in the period, and helping domestic brands to recapture a majority of U.S. sales.
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WASHINGTON -- Prices at the wholesale level edged up modestly in August, providing further evidence that inflation pressures are easing.
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Limited Brands Inc  said on  Thursday sales at stores open at least a year rose 1 percent in  August, in line with the retailer&#39;s expectations, but it  expects same-store sales to be flat in September.
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The dollar got a lift from a sharp rebound in US retail sales which raised the possibility of US interest rates moving slightly higher.
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WASHINGTON -- Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence.
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Strong demand for gasoline and tight motor fuel inventories will push pump prices higher in July and August, the government said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  first week of August, helped by back-to-school tax holidays in  some states and summer clearance sales, a report showed on  Tuesday.
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U.S. new home sales jumped a  surprising 9.4 percent in August, the fastest acceleration of  sales in almost four years, as a fresh dip in mortgage interest  rates attracted buyers, a government report showed on Monday.
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Sales of new US homes unexpectedly recovered in August, rising 4.1% from July, official figures show.
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Pending sales of U.S. homes rose 4.3 percent in August in a sign the nation's housing market might be stabilizing, a trade association said on Monday.
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Retail sales in Britain rose strongly in August, helped by strong sales of food, official data showed on Thursday.
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Retail sales rose by 0.3 percent in August compared with the previous month despite the biggest drop in food sales for more than three years, official data has shown.
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Major retailers, led by discounters Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp, turned in better-than-expected August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school shopping despite higher gas prices and the nation's housing meltdown.