<div id="subtitle">Consumers defy pundits' predictions</div><div><p>Despite forecasts that economic fears would prompt consumers to sit on their wallets this holiday season, "Black Friday" sales at the nation's retailers rose three percent over 2007, according to ShopperTrak, a provider of retail information.</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">More data point to a modest sales gain for Thanksgiving weekend</div><div><p>The nation's stores finally got some relief this Thanksgiving weekend, according to data released late Monday, but the sales gains were modest and analysts worry the pace can't be sustained through ...
<div id="subtitle">Stores' anxiety heightens in final days, but January is looking even scarier</div><div><p>Merchants are staring down the final days before Christmas, but the season so far is looking even bleaker than expected. And analysts fear that sales will weaken further after the ...
<div><p>Holiday retail sales rose 0.5 percent in the "Super Saturday" of the last weekend before Christmas despite a decline in the number of shoppers, a survey showed.</p><p>The research firm ShopperTrak said late Tuesday that "foot traffic" among shoppers declined 17 percent from ...
<div id="subtitle">ShopperTrak forecasts slight increase in holiday sales, but predicts a decline in foot traffic</div><div><p>ShopperTrak, a retail research firm, predicted Tuesday that total holiday sales will rise 1.6 percent compared with a year ago, which would be good news for retailers compared ...
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Black Friday sales rose just 0.5 percent to $10.66 billion after rising 3 percent in 2008, ShopperTrak said on Saturday, a rise that may disappoint investors who had expected retailers to see a bigger boost this year.</p><p>ShopperTrak, which measures ...
<div id="subtitle">Research firm says sales rise 0.9 percent for Black Friday, Saturday; traffic down slightly</div><div><p>A research firm says retail sales Friday and Saturday edged up 0.9 percent, while customer traffic fell 2.7 percent compared with last year.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">New figures show modest start for stores, much stronger start for online retailers</div><div><p>New weekend shopping figures offered more evidence Wednesday confirming stores' modest start to the holiday shopping season. Online sales held up more strongly.</p><p>Retail sales for the ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The holiday shopping that consumers have completed so far this season is at a five-year low, according to a new survey, raising the stakes for retailers in their last major push to capture sales this year.</p><p>Consumers on average ...
<div><p>LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bargain-hunting shoppers are expected to flood stores on "Super Saturday" weekend -- the last before Christmas -- and deliver retailers the highest weekend sales so far this holiday season.</p><p>But many industry experts doubt whether the final hurrah ...
