November sales a mixed bag for US retailers
US retailers posted a mixed bag of results in November, with earlier opening hours and Black Friday bargains helping to drive consumer traffic over the Thanksgiving weekend for some, but tougher comparisons with the year-ago period and weaker sales during the rest of the month weighing on others.
November sales a mixed bag for US retailers
2 December 2011
US retailers posted a mixed bag of results in November, with earlier opening hours and Black Friday bargains helping to drive consumer traffic over the Thanksgiving weekend for some, but tougher comparisons with the year-ago period and weaker sales during the rest of the month weighing on others.
US: Retailers' November 2011 sales roundup
1 December 2011
The following is a general roundup of US apparel and shoe retailers' November 2011 sales results.
US: Gap same-store sales fall 5% in November
1 December 2011
Same-store sales at Gap Inc fell 5% in November, the specialty clothing retailer said today (1 December), adding that it expects the holiday season to remain "fiercely competitive."
Holiday shopping 2011: first facts and figures
29 November 2011
Retailers can breathe a sigh of relief. Lured by deals and discounts, the US holiday shopping season started strong, with bigger crowds shrugging off economic worries to spend more dollars than ever before. Here we round up the first facts and figures about traffic and spending over the Thanksgiving weekend, both online and in stores.
US: Shoppers spent record $52bn over Thanksgiving weekend
28 November 2011
Lured by deals and discounts, US shoppers appear to have shrugged off economic worries to post record Thanksgiving weekend sales of $52.4bn, the latest figures suggest, with clothing among the top gifts.
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