Retailers report sales slowdown
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UK retail sales were at their lowest level in September since March 2003, according to a CBI survey.
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US retail sales fall in January, dragged lower by a heavy fall in car sales, the Commerce Department reports.
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U.S. retailers on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected August sales, generating the smallest monthly gain in a year and a half as high gasoline prices cut into back-to-school spending.
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Lately, the company's retail operation has been lagging behind sales of its locations.
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WASHINGTON -- Retail sales, hurt by a big drop in auto purchases, slowed in January to the weakest performance in three months.
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Sales at U.S. retailers fell 0.4  percent in December and were less vigorous in November than  previously thought, according to a government report on Tuesday  that implied costlier energy and slumping housing prices were  taking a toll on consumers.
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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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US retail sales and industrial output slow as the economy is hit by the housing slump and credit squeeze.
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NEW YORK -- 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. chain store retail sales slipped   in the latest week while overall demand compared with one year   ago remained robust, a retail report said on Tuesday.
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The same-store sales decline slows in November and December, and net income increases.
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U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday,  after data indicated that the critical holiday shopping season  got off to a sluggish start for retailers.
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From department stores to discounters, the nation&#39;s retailers reported sluggish August sales yesterday as consumers cut back spending during the generally lucrative back-to-school shopping month.
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The outlook for the holiday season dimmed Thursday as the nation's retailers reported disappointing sales for November following an uninspiring Thanksgiving weekend.
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Retailers are in for a gloomy holiday season, with shoppers weighed down by the weakening housing market and the credit crunch, according to industry forecasts.
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From department stores to discounters, the nation's retailers reported sluggish August sales yesterday as consumers cut back spending during the generally lucrative back-to-school shopping month.
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Sales at U.S. retailers fell 0.4 percent in December and were less vigorous in November than previously thought, according to a government report on Tuesday that implied costlier energy and slumping housing prices were taking a toll on consumers.