Reuters - A slew of apparel and consumer goods retailers on Thursday posted same-store sales that beat analyst forecasts, but there were troubling signs that higher consumer prices and inflation could crimp future growth.

Reuters - Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. said on Thursday its sales at stores open at least a year rose 18 percent in May.

Reuters - Britain's Barclays said it saw "very strong profit momentum" in the first quarter as its UK retail bank improved and its investment bank beat peers, but weakness in the UK unsecured debt market weighed on Barclaycard.

AP - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. lowered its forecast for full-year subscriber growth and revenue on Wednesday, citing "overall softness" of retail sales for satellite radios in the second quarter and product availability problems. The company's shares tumbled 11 percent.

AP - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. lower its forecast for full-year subscriber growth and revenue on Wednesday, citing "overall softness" of retail sales for satellite radios in the second quarter and product availability problems. The company's shares tumbled 12 percent.

Reuters - AutoZone Inc. , the largest U.S. auto parts retail chain, on Wednesday posted lower quarterly earnings.

Online sales are projected to top $200 billion in 2006 -- just three years after passing the $100 billion mark. The ninth annual shop.org study, conducted by Forrester Computer hardware and software, cars, and apparel, accessories and...

American credit union members are free to take advantage of using their debit cards at ATM’s and retail locations throughout the world. Now their European counterparts will be able to swipe away too. Over 70,000 credit union...

South Korea's Shinsegae Co. agrees to buy Wal-Mart's South Korean retail business for $882 million. Mike Duke, vice-chairman of Wal-Mart, told Reuters, "As we continue to focus our efforts where we can have the greatest impact on our growth...

Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Monday South Korea's Shinsegae Co. had agreed to buy Wal-Mart's South Korean retail business for 825 billion won, or $882 million.

A national gasoline price survey finds the average retail price of a gallon of gas fell about a cent-and-a-half in the last two weeks. The Lundberg Survey says self-serve regular averaged about $2.93 a gallon. The survey's latest tally,...

AFP - A Dubai government-controlle­d investment firm has announced its 300-million-dollar acquisition of New York-based retail chain Loehmann's, which had gone bankrupt seven years ago.

AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $8.99 billion in the latest week to $852.58 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

AFP - German postal bank Postbank has announced that its net profit in the first quarter had increased by 19.6 percent from the equivalent figure for 2005 owing to growth of its core retail banking division.

AFP - Eurozone indicators due for release next week are expected to show that German economic sentiment has slipped owing to a disappointing first-quarter growth estimate coupled with weak industrial output and retail sales figures, economists say.

Shaveta Bansal - AHN Contributor New Delhi, India (AHN) – In the wake of surging global prices, Reliance Industries, which owns India's biggest private sector oil company, has lifted the price of gas by two rupees (four US cents) per liter. About 90 percent of India's fuel retail outlets...

AP - In a sign that the economy may be slowing, retail sales were weaker than expected in April as soaring gasoline prices forced consumers to cut back on spending in other areas.

AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $155 million in the latest week to $843.59 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

AFP - The dollar skidded to a one-year low against the euro as traders looked past hints of more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and sold greenbacks after a weak report on US April retail sales.

AFP - The euro extended its gains against the dollar, touching new one-year highs after a weaker-than-expected report on April retail sales in the US, traders said.