June’s Weak Retail Sales Darken Outlook for Back-to-School
Filed under: Macy’s, Nordstrom, Target Corp, Costco, Saks, Retail
June’s tepid retail sales numbers are already casting a pall over the industry’s outlook for autumn — and they may bode ill for the winter, too.
Though right now, we’re all thinking more about the broiling heat of midsummer, July is when back-to-school shopping season launches — a key period for the nation’s stores. And back-to-school, in turn, often sets the tone for the biggest shopping spree of the year: the winter holidays.
Sales for the 20 chains in the Thomson Reuters same-store…
June’s Weak Retail Sales Darken Outlook for Back-to-School originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-07-06T14:39:00Z.
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