Retail sales show surprise rise in August
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Retail sales rebounded by 0.6 percent in August, buoyed by higher sales in food, department and clothing stores, defying expectations of a second monthly decline.
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UK retail sales rose by 0.3% in August, official figures show, taking the annual rate of growth to 4.3%.
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Shoppers are wary about High Street spending despite August's better weather, the latest retail sales figures show.
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A surprisingly big climb in US retail sales in September and a larger-than-expected gain in underlying producer prices bolstered hopes for an economic revival and views
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Sales at retailers rose a  smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in August and they recorded  the biggest decline in almost a year when car sales were  stripped out, a government report showed on Friday.
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Retail sales have risen by 0.3 percent in August compared with the previous month despite the biggest drop in food sales for more than three years.
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Shoppers persevered at the nation's stores and malls in August, buying skinny jeans and other back-to-school fashions and giving many retailers solid sales gains for the month. The outlook for the rest of the year nonetheless remained unclear amid higher energy costs and interest rates and a deteriorating housing market.
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UK factory orders showed a surprise improvement in August, according to a survey from the CBI business group.
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FEARS of a slump in consumer spending were blown away yesterday as official figures recorded a surprise sales jump and two of the country&#39;s biggest retail chains unveiled strong trading performances.
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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  first week of August, helped by back-to-school tax holidays in  some states and summer clearance sales, a report showed on  Tuesday.
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Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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Family Dollar Stores Inc.  on  Thursday said August sales rose 4 percent at stores open at  least a year, and the company raised its profit outlook for the  just-ended fiscal fourth quarter.
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Teen-oriented retailers reported   sharply higher sales in August as kids flocked to malls ahead   of the new school year, but chains targeting adults fared   worse, as a slowing housing market and higher energy prices   crimped spending.
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Sales at retailers rose a smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in August and they recorded the biggest decline in almost a year when car sales were stripped out, a government report showed on Friday.
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Target Corp  on Thursday said August sales at stores open at least a year rose 6.1 percent, beating expectations and sending its shares up more than 2 percent.
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August retail sales, always an  important measure of back-to-school consumer demand, have taken  on even more significance this year amid fears about rising  interest rates, higher energy prices, slowing home sales and  continued strife in the Middle East.
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Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence.