Retail sales tepid on gas prices, weather (Consumers Shop At Discounters in September)

Mercury News & AP ^ | October 6, 2005 | Anne D'Innocenzio

[SoFloFreeper]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers struggling with higher gasoline prices and the economic fallout from Hurricane Katrina shopped for basics at discounters and avoided mall-based apparel stores in September, delivering many retailers modest sales gains....Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted strong numbers,

[SoFloFreeper]

pretty amazing...retail sales up, but Anne D'Innocenzio does her damndest to make it look bad.

[6SJ7]

Consumers struggling with higher gasoline prices and the economic fallout from Hurricane Katrina shopped for basics at discounters and avoided mall-based apparel stores in September, delivering many retailers modest sales gains...

Amazing. At least six negatively loaded words in the first sentence.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I never shop at the mall anyway..mall prices are outrageous..I always shop at discounters and outlet malls..

[funkywbr]

...modest sales gains...

Wow Sales GAINS!

America is in the pits, woe is US!~}

[tazannie]

who in their right mind would pay higher prices for similar goods if they don't have to?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I can afford to shop wherever I want, but I fail to see why I should shop at the mall when I can get the same "name" for 50% or more off at an outlet mall..