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NEW YORK — After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping. But they may have to keep discounting to keep consumers coming in, given escalating job uncertainty.
NEW YORK — After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping. . . .
TOKYO, July 10 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average <.N225> was flat and the broader Topix <.TOPX> was down 0.2 percent on Friday.
Five months after a federal judge declared Wisconsin's 70-year-old minimum markup on gasoline unconstitutional, the law is technically still in effect.
June rains may have kept the heat at bay, but they were also hard on retail sales along East Broadway Avenue in Salt Lake City. "I've spoken with them all, and we all decided it was the rain," Marci Rasmussen, president of the 23-member East Broadway Merchants Association.
TOKYO, July 10 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average <.N225> was up 0.1 percent and the broader Topix <.TOPX> was down 0.1 percent on Friday.
Investors are moving back into stocks on Wall Street after better earnings from Alcoa Inc.
Gasoline prices across Texas continue their July decline. KERA's BJ Austin says the price at the pump fell a penny a day last week, according to Triple-A Texas.
Gasoline prices are starting to drop, just in time for the July 4th holiday and summer vacation. The national average for a gallon of gas dropped 5 cents in the past week to $2.66 a gallon on Monday.
Escalating job worries and rainy weather dampened shoppers' appetite for buying summer staples like shorts and dresses, resulting in sharper-than-expected sales declines for many merchants in June and increasing concerns about the back-to-school shopping season.
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