Uninspired Shoppers May Wait for January
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As holiday shopping reaches the home stretch, consumers who are far removed from Madison Avenue and Rodeo Drive say they are holding down their spending.
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Customers will have to wait to use its gift cards.
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Business & money: Retail chain warns that consumer spending will decline over the next six months
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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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WASHINGTON -- Shoppers put aside worries about the slumping economy to go to the malls and auto dealerships in January. That propelled retail sales to a surprising rebound following a dismal December.
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More consumers are planning to spend  less this holiday season than a year ago, according to a survey  released on Tuesday that adds a fresh note of caution to what  is shaping up to be a ho-hum holiday shopping season.
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Retail sales fell 0.3 percent in January  --  the weakest showing in five months  --  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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NEW YORK - Struggling with disappointing seasonal sales, the nationâs retailers remained on edge - wondering if they would get the big surge in last-minute Christmas spending they needed to meet holiday forecasts.
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Analysts have offered their latest judgment of the Christmas shopping season: good, but not great.
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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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Consumers' mood brightened in early  January, but was still significantly less optimistic than a  year earlier, a report showed on Friday.
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Consumers were feeling confident in January: The job market was chugging along and oil prices were down. Their optimism may dwindle, however, on concerns that job and wage growth may slow.
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The retailer grows up in the quarter but may disappoint in the next period.
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The retailer's first quarter might make pessimists wonder if they were wrong.
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Citing weak January sales and a difficult retail environment, the retailer said it also expects fourth-quarter revenue to fall short of expectations.
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A slowing housing market and chilly temperatures kept shoppers at home during February, according to a report.
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Worries about job prospects sent consumer confidence to a seven-month low in October and its third consecutive monthly decline. The steeper-than-expected drop raised questions about whether consumers will be in the mood to spend during the critical holiday shopping season.