Major Retailers Feel the Squeeze From Consumers
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Once seemingly invincible marquee chains like Coach, Target, Starbucks and Abercrombie & Fitch are settling for ho-hum growth this winter.
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The holiday shopping season began with a surge in spending but consumers faded by the long Thanksgiving weekend's close and many retailers were facing decent but hardly impressive sales.
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Electronics makers considering the strain on the U.S. economy are hoping consumers will cut other expenses first, but many see some worrying signs ahead.
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Some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.
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Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs.
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Shoppers expecting big, across-the-board price cuts in the run-up to Christmas may be in for an unpleasant surprise.
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Retailers reported mostly gloomy December sales results, hurt by snowstorms as well as deep discounting aimed at getting cash-strapped consumers to open their wallets during retail's most important month.
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The holiday shopping season is entering the home stretch. And with some retailers depending on seasonal spending for half or more of their sales, the stakes are high.
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The nation's consumers, uninspired by this season's fashions and rattled by high gas prices and the weak housing market, shopped gingerly last month, extending the misery of retailers who have struggled with a spending slowdown since February.
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U.S. retailers on Thursday delivered mixed sales results for December, the year's key shopping month, with upscale stores faring well but many others slashing prices, squeezing profits.
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Economy: With consumer confidence down and spending up, shoppers wrestle with &#39;stop-and-go&#39; mixed signals. By Andrea K. Walker.
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Shares of the world&#39;s largest retailer are likely to come under pressure later Monday, after the company threw a shadow over preliminary holiday retail data when it cut its estimates on Saturday.
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Figures showing a drop in retail sales spark fears that the recent consumer spending rebound could be coming to an end.
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U.S. consumers binged on toys and  electronics this Thanksgiving weekend, leaving retailers and  analysts to wonder if demand has already been satiated and  whether discounts that spurred the three-day spree will cut  into profits.
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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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Business & money: Retailer blames stayaway shoppers and fierce discounting by rivals for decline in sales
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The retailer's same-store sales plummet.