<div id="subtitle">More consumers bought items online on Cyber Monday, but average spending slipped from 2007</div><div><p>Online spending at U.S. retailers on Monday jumped 15 percent over with the comparable day a year ago to $846 million, comScore said Thursday, as consumers sought out ...
<div><p>Here are a few things on my teenage son Peter 's back-to-school list:</p><ul> <li>New khaki pants (current ones frayed at the cuff). Check.</li> <li>New sneakers (current ones two years old and worn). Check.</li> <li> ...
<div id="subtitle">Retail trade group sees weak holiday season ahead, joining other downbeat forecasts</div><div><p>Holiday sales are expected to grow at the slowest pace in six years as shoppers worry about jobs, the housing and stock markets and high gas and food prices, according ...
<div><p>When members of the Associated General Contractors looked at the FW Dodge/McGraw-Hill Construction figures in their July newsletter, they could be forgiven for thinking that the Vermont construction industry was headed for the sub-basement in a hand truck.</p><p>Residential construction for May: down ...
<div><h1> The Stat </h1><p>2.2%</p><p>Projected increase in 2008 U.S. holiday retail sales</p><p></p><p>4.4%</p><p>Average increase in holiday retail sales over the past ...
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than nine out of 10 U.S. retailers say they have had merchandise stolen by well-organized crime rings, according to a new report from a leading trade group.</p><p>The National Retail Federation said 92 percent of retailers said they had ...
<div id="subtitle">Retailers step up anti-crime efforts as recession fuels shoplifting, organized theft rings</div><div><p>With shoplifting on the rise — including organized teams sweeping through stores and lifting scores of items in minutes — retailers are beefing up plainclothes patrols and video surveillance, and ...
<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. retail industry's main lobby group voiced its strong opposition to employer mandated health care coverage on Thursday, pitting itself against Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, which has said it would support such a measure.</p><p>The ...
<div id="subtitle">Largest retail trade group fights Wal-Mart push for employer-funded health care</div><div><p>The retail industry's largest trade group is rallying its members against the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for supporting a federal mandate for employer-funded health insurance.</p><p> ...
<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Parents plan to spend less money on back-to-school gear for their children this year, according to a survey released on Tuesday, a worrisome sign for retailers heading into what should be their second busiest selling period of the ...
