‘Weak’ Retail Sales? Someone Forgot to Tell Shoppers

Date: Jul 24 2012

Filed under: Economy, Retail

shoppers in a mall
“Catastrophe!” “Disaster!” “Mayhem in the Mall!” These aren’t (quite) the actual headlines that mainstream media outlets typed up to describe recent retail sales statistics, but they pretty much capture the mood.

In the pages of , for example, we saw a Technicolor depiction displaying the rise and fall (mostly fall) of American retailers:

  • Car sales: down 0.6% in June.
  • Electronics and appliances: down 0.8%.
  • Sporting goods, books, and hobbies: down, down, and…

‘Weak’ Retail Sales? Someone Forgot to Tell Shoppers originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-07-23T16:04:00Z.

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