Was retail gain a turkey?
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INVESTORS dined out on retail stocks on Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving â-s US consumers made their annual pilgrimage to the malls for retail therapy.
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Holiday shoppers rushed the doors of apparel retailers including Aeropostal Inc.  over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, anxious to snag some of the best deals of the year. But while traffic rose, the sharp discounts could actually hurt the companies' bottom lines.
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U.S. retail sales over the Internet  rose 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and gained 23.1  percent compared with the same period last year as consumers  continued to turn to e-commerce to make purchases, a government  report showed on Friday.
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Is the teen retail stock just a victim of circumstance?
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Direct sales aren't working the same magic they once did for the PC maker. Can it now cash in at retail?
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Also: Online grocers can bring you many things, they just can't deliver a profit. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Retail sales rose a strong 1.2  percent in November in a bright sign for the holiday shopping  season, but producer prices posted their biggest gain in 34  years, offering a reminder that rising costs are weighing on  the economy.
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Business & money: Retail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 0.4% in November from October, but retailers had to again slash their prices to shift stock
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Ready for a new market month? November always seems to bring a little turkey to the table.
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By Pat Kimbrough, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 9--HIGH POINT -- It isn't just retailers that benefit from the  consumer spending bonanza during the holiday season.
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Czech Republic: People spent CEK 14-15 bil for shopping via the Internet in 2006, by about 40% more than in 2005. Some specalists think that the Internet trade turnover could be even higher and reach up to CEK 20 bil/y.
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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.
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The company has struggled to pass through higher feed costs in its Jennie-O Turkey Store business.
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Spending by US consumers rose in November, suggesting shoppers will continue to boost economic growth this quarter. The 0.2 percent gain in personal expenditures on goods and services
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week, as Super Bowl purchases helped drive sales, especially at discounters, a retail report said on Tuesday.
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Retail sales unexpectedly accelerated at the fastest rate in three years, lifted by rising incomes and a stock market that has doubled this year. Sales rose 15.9 percent from a year earlier to 715.8 billion yuan ($94 billion) after gaining 15.5 percent in April, the statistics bureau said. The gain was the biggest since May 2004 after adjusting for distortions caused by Chinaâs Lunar New Year holidays.
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A shopping spree before and after Christmas helped many of the nation's retailers meet their holiday sales goals, but heavy discounting to lure customers into the stores came at the expense of profits, Wall Street analysts believe.