Retail sales show surprise rise in August
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Retail sales rebounded by 0.6 percent in August, buoyed by higher sales in food, department and clothing stores, defying expectations of a second monthly decline.
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U.S. retail sales jumped sharply in  November as shoppers went on a spending spree that will  reinforce the Federal Reserve's view that the cooling housing  market has not hurt the rest of the economy.
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Consumer prices rose slightly in August, easing fears that inflation, which surged earlier this year, would rapidly pick up steam.
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The children's retailer turns in sparkling 21% same-store sales growth for August.
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Target Corp  on Thursday said August sales at stores open at least a year rose 6.1 percent, beating expectations and sending its shares up more than 2 percent.
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WASHINGTON - Retail sales slid in August as people steered away from buying cars and shoppers kept a close eye on their spending after splurging in July.    The Commerce Department reported retail sales fell by 0.3 percent in August, following a 0.8 percent gain the previous month...
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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...
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UK High Street sales confound market expectations and rise by 0.6% in August, increasing the likelihood of another interest rate rise this year.
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Sales of new homes, after falling for three months, rose in August. But the gain was expected to be temporary as the battered housing industry struggles with a near-record level of unsold homes.
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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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US retail sales rose a weaker-than-expected 0.3 percent in August, data showed Friday, suggest American consumers are turning more cautious.
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A surprisingly big climb in U.S.  retail sales in September and a larger-than-expected gain in  underlying producer prices bolstered hopes for an economic  revival and views the Federal Reserve will keep raising  interest rates.
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WASHINGTON &#151; Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said yesterday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate increases.
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Family Dollar Stores Inc. FDO.N 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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Sterling pared gains it made against the dollar in the wake of surprisingly solid retail sales figures for August.
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US retailers have seen sales pick up faster than expected, making the biggest improvement since July.
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Sales at retailers rose more in September than analysts estimated because of lower gas prices.