Retail sector expects five percent growth in Christmas sales
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Managing Director Guy Wires of the Federation of Finnish Commerce and Trade expects Christmas sales to be busier compared with last year.
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Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped an unexpected 5.2 percent in December.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week, due to a late pre-Christmas surge in spending, a report said on Tuesday.
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Retailers are on track to post solid but not spectacular sales for the holidays after a last-minute dash to stores, according to indicators released yesterday.
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Best Buy said its comparable-store sales rose 1.5 percent in December on strong sales of video games and notebook computers.
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U.S. consumer confidence grew to a  five-month high in December, bolstered by improved employment  opportunities and cheaper energy, according to a report  released on Tuesday.
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UK retail sales rose at their weakest pace in more than a year in December, according to an industry survey.
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Supermarket Sainsbury's reports a modest rise in sales over the Christmas period, in line with forecasts.
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Post-holiday discounts and shoppers  redeeming gift cards helped boost retail sales 14 percent for  the last full week of December, according to data released on  Wednesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects to report 3 percent growth in same-store sales for December after sales for the past weekend came in above the retailer's internal plan.
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Business & money: Analysts forecast that Next will report a fall in like-for-like store sales in the run-up to Christmas
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U.S. consumer confidence grew to a five-month high in December, bolstered by improved employment opportunities and cheaper energy, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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U.S. consumers cheered up in early  December, sending potentially good news to retailers during the  crucial holiday shopping season, a report showed on Friday.
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US shoppers are starting to get into the holiday spirit, with indices on Tuesday showing sales picking up with only 10 shopping days until Christmas.
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The department store chain is gaining momentum going into the holiday season.
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Retail sales, helped by sizzling activity in auto showrooms, jumped by 1.2 percent in December, providing a solid finish to a year in which sales climbed at the fastest pace since 1999.
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Last-minute Christmas shoppers helped lift this month&#39;s retail sales, but some analysts still are concerned that Americans didn&#39;t spend enough to give chain stores the boost they had requested from Santa.