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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... overnight after the share price of major retailers and tech equities, including Walmart, dropped after the National Retail Federation estimated the average shopper spent 6.4 per cent less than a year ago over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... department store Macy's (-2.7 per cent) and electronics vendor Best Buy (-5.5 per cent) suffered after the National Retail Federation said that a survey of consumers estimated that the average weekend shopper spent 6.4 per cent less than a year ago. ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... 4 per cent because of "the strong November performance and promising trends in early December." The National Retail Federation did the same and now expects November-December holiday sales to increase by 3.3 per cent - an increase of 100 percentage points ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... recession would prompt further belt tightening and Scrooge-like behaviour. This is already happening. The National Retail Federation reported that while shoppers spent 7.2 per cent more on average compared with last year, most were hunting for bargain ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2005
... spending. Investors bought shares of major retailers like Federated Department Stores, a day after the National Retail Federation released a higher forecast for this year's US holiday sales. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 44.66 points at 10,916.09. ...

Daily Economic Update

... per cent by the end of next year - they are currently trading around 4.43 per cent. Meanwhile, the US National Retail Federation expects holiday sales to grow by 6.0 per cent, up from the previous estimate of 5.0 per cent as gasoline prices have declined ...
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