Retailers report disappointing November sales
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The outlook for the holiday season dimmed Thursday as the nation&#39;s retailers reported disappointing sales for November following an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend.
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Crucial US holiday sales launched with a flop, retailers reported.
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US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
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Gap Inc.  said on Thursday its sales at stores open at least a year fell 8 percent in November, below analysts' average forecast, as fewer customers visited its stores even during the kick-off to the busy holiday season.
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U.S. shoppers came out in droves in  November, but warm and wet weather, combined with steep holiday  discounts, prompted less-than-stellar sales at many chains,  retailers said on Thursday.
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New-home sales in November dropped 9 percent from the previous month, and were down 34 percent from a year earlier, more dismal figures for an industry facing bloated inventory, declining prices and mortgage woes.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 US retailer, on Thursday posted weak November sales and gave its lowest monthly forecast in 19 months for December as high oil prices crimp core lower-income consumers&#39; spending.
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The confidence of US consumers worsened in November, a research firm said Tuesday, with the number falling below Wall Street&#39;s expectations.
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_ The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending but consumers faded by the long Thanksgiving weekend&#39;s close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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U.S. chain store sales fell in the  last week of November, as shoppers focused on discounted rather  than full-priced items, a report said on Tuesday.
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In spite of a burst of Friday spending, the holiday shopping season got off to a sluggish start, forcing retailers to reassess their strategies for luring buyers. Slow sales reported by three retail sales trackers on Tuesday were blamed on higher fuel costs and an overall lack of confidence in the economy.
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Wal-Mart Stores estimated that November sales fell 0.1 percent at its stores in the United States that have been open for at least a year.
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America's consumers came off a buying binge and were somewhat less jolly spenders in November. New-home sales, meanwhile, cooled from a record high, while demand for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded.
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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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Pier 1 Imports Inc.  on Thursday said November sales had fallen 15.3 percent at its stores open at least a year as aggressive advertising and discounts failed to attract more shoppers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported surprisingly weak November sales on Saturday, even as U.S. bargain-hunters jammed stores in search of gifts at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season.
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The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending, but consumers faded by the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.