The S&P 500 and other indices have clawed their way back to within 1% of their recent highs after an ORDERLY 5% pullback. Now, I love an orderly...
The biggest wave of season hiring in a decade suggests that 2014 holiday retail sales will be their strongest in years.
In recent weeks...
July retail sales data was flat, only up 0.1% from June.
The dismal July read was the weakest since January....
U.S. retail sales - which account for 70% of economic activity - unexpectedly fell 0.4% for the month of January according to the Commerce...
The Commerce Department released its U.S. retail sales survey for December this morning...
Initial U.S. retail sales figures released on Wednesday showed sales growth for the holiday season was the worst since 2008. ...
Black Friday shopping typically involves the most inventive, discounted sales of the year. This year, with waning sales, stiff...
There are a handful of savvy retailers that prepared for the tough economy by positioning themselves to profit - and now they're being rewarded...
Another Black Friday. Another holiday shopping season. But a whole new strategy for U.S. retailers. As the Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday,...
Economists are torn... Is the U.S. economy on the upswing? Or are we facing the dreaded "double dip recession"? Either way, there are a few things...
U.S. retailers this year geared up for the annual back-to-school shopping season, the parents and children didn't fill the streets and shopping...
Today (Friday) we conclude our series on bracing for a
Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced late Tuesday that it would...
The American consumer bucked strong economic headwinds to help retail sales post the fastest growth in four years, a report is expected to show today...
Faced with a wheezing economy that can't seem to heal, big U.S. retailers like Target Corp. (NYSE:
Constant stock market volatility, a crippled job market and the troubles plaguing the European markets are starting to take their toll on the U.S....
With unemployment still hovering near 10%, policymakers should be doing all they can to combat joblessness and reinvigorate a recovery that is...
Most textbook economists say that the U.S. economy is engaged in a broad-based recovery. But while there's a consensus that there's no...
Stocks spilled the past week like water over a broken dam as investors priced in more evidence that consumers, businesses and home-buyers have gone...
Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly dropped in May for the first time since September, the Commerce Department said Friday, raising worries that...
