Consumer spend-up set to slow
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But while retailers had a very good September quarter, there were some early warning signs that this may be as good as it gets. Retail sales in the three months to September 30 were up 2.3
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Savings to be spent caressing customer companies, apparently
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Consumer spending rose slightly in July, though tepid growth in personal income raised concern about whether the trend will continue.
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Don't write off the 2007 holiday shopping season just yet. Consumers are set to cash in $60 billion worth of gift cards in the next seven days, experts say.
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Splurging shoppers helped the economy hum along faster than first thought in the third quarter, but high energy prices could weigh on consumers in the months ahead.
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Business & money: Weakening house prices and soft consumer spending set to make 2008 worst year since early 1990s
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European consumers are borrowing and spending less because of rising unemployment, causing a slowdown in the region's US$10 trillion economy.
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Consumers kept a closer eye on their wallets as they moved into the holiday shopping season, boosting their spending by a modest 0.2 percent in November.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers boosted their spending in July by the largest amount in six months, offering hope that the current economic slowdown may not be as severe as some had feared.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers, battered by harsh economic crosswinds, spent less in December than at any time in the past 15 months.
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The deep-discount retail chain is feeling the effects of cautious spending.
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A surge in spending over the weekend may not have been enough to rescue Target, Sears Holdings and Macy's from the slowest holiday spending season in five years.
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US consumers are expected to spend more on home-related merchandise and consumer electronics, this holiday season, while new fashions should keep clothing flying off the rack, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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Fix your bad holiday spending habits.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Consumers are easing off on PC purchases as corporations ramp up their purchases, according to the latest data from market researcher IDC. Slackening consumer demand will help lower expectations for the market in the second half of 2004 and into 2005, IDC said Monday.
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US economic growth should slow over the coming year as consumers cut back on spending, but improved business confidence should help hiring, a wide-ranging survey of forecasters found.
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WASHINGTON - Shoppers turned a bit tightfisted in August, dropping sales at the nation's retailers by 0.3 percent, providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.    The decline in sales reported by the Commerce Department on Tuesday came after shoppers pushed sales up by a solid 0.8 percent in July as consumers' willingness to spend revived after a June lull...