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About commerce department, retailers, december retail sales, holiday sales

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The nation's merchants scored a surprising increase in their crucial year-end holiday sales, countering expectations of a decline, according to an industry report ...http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/14/news/economy/holiday_sales_final_result/NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - US holiday retail sales rose 1.1 percent in 2009 instead of falling as experts had forecast, but that growth will be hard to support in the months to come, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday. ....

About commerce department, retailers, december retail sales drop, holiday sales

The 0.3% m/m decline in retail sales in December is a reminder that consumers still aren't buying into the economic recovery. Without a more significant acceleration in consumption growth that recovery is ultimately doomed to disappoint. ...http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/01/14/economists-react-disappointing-drop-inConsumers were leery about opening up their wallets last month as retail sales fell 0.3%, following two consecutive monthly increases, the Commerce Department reported today. Dece...

About december, nrf, holiday retail sales

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Retail sales fell in December, the government reported Thursday, putting a damper on hopes that the holiday shopping season would boost figures. ...http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/14/news/economy/retail_sales_december/The typically upbeat National Retail Federation turned out to be wrong in their holiday sales forecast for the 2009 season, and they're happy about it. The NRF, the world's largest retail trade group, ...http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/81498687.htmlRe...

About outlook, williams-sonoma holiday sales, q4 earnings, inc.

(RTTNews) - Home accessories retailer Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM: News ) on Thursday reported a 7.4% increase in net revenues for the the 2009 holiday period. The company also raised its earnings and revenue outlook for the fourth quarter as well as ...http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1180127By Dividend.com Staff Home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) on Thursday boosted its fourth quarter and full-year earnings forecasts, citing stronger-than-expected holiday sales. The compa...

About williams-sonoma holiday sales, q4, forecast

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) net revenues for the 8-week holiday period ended December 27, 2009 increased 7.4% to $783 million, including a comparable store sales increase of 6.5%. The company also announced that it was increasing its fourth ...http://www.streetinsider.com/Guidance/Williams-Sonoma+(WSM)+Lifts+Q4+Guidance%3B(RTTNews) - Williams-Sonoma Inc. (WSM: News ) announced that net revenues for the 8-week holiday period ended December 27, 2009 increased 7.4% to $783 million versus the ...

About worldwide pc shipments, holiday sales, fourth quarter, pc market

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--US holiday shoppers snapped up low-priced notebook computers, leading to the strongest quarter of PC shipments in more than a year, according to a new report from research firm IDC. ...http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100113-712826.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeaNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers surged in the fourth quarter, helped by strong US holiday sales of low-cost notebooks. The results capped a roller coaster yea...

About worldwide pc shipments, fourth quarter, holiday, pc market

Worldwide shipments for 2009 were up 2.3 percent compared to 2008, according to the IDC Quarterly PC Tracker Report released Wednesday. Several months ago, ending the year with any shipment growth at all was looking unlikely. ...http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10434334-260.htmlMarket research firm Gartner released a report Wednesday showing US market share for the top computer companies. According to the report, Apple shipped almost 1.5 million Macs for the fourth quarter of 2009, up from the ...

About worldwide pc shipments, holiday sales, fourth quarter

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Computer makers shipped over 10 million more units worldwide in the latest fourth-quarter from the previous year as price-sensitive consumers scooped up discounted mobile PCs during the ...http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100113-713860.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeaFRAMINGHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Led by a holiday season featuring price cuts of unprecedented duration, the US PC market established a new record of nearly 20.7 million units shipped in the fourth q...

About triquint semiconductor, q4 outlook, quarter results, preliminary, holiday

AP Radio frequency chip maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. raised its fourth-quarter earnings forecast Wednesday, helped by better-than-expected sales. The company now expects to report earnings of 9 cents to 10 cents per share and revenue of $190 ...http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9550317TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announces preliminary financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009...

About holiday sales worldwide, earnings, tiffany & co.

Luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF) announced a 17% rise in sales in the two months ended December 31, 2009. TIF said that with comparable-store sales increasing 8%, its sales would have risen by 13%, if the currency-translation impact is ...http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/84181/tif-shares-soar-on-raisedTiffany & Co. announced Tuesday that their worldwide sales increased 17 percent to $799.1 million in the two months ended December 31st. Comparable US store ...