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Retail stores around the USA are installing charging stations for electric vehicles to serve owners of electric cars, bikes and scooters.

US retail sales rose in December for the sixth consecutive month, but questions about the economy still remain.

Zale, Tiffany book revenue gains over key shopping season.

Though December was weaker than expected, the overall holiday season was still relatively strong, analysts said.

Bad day for bottom feeders as Family Dollar Stores misses profit estimates, precipitates dollar store sell-off.

Dollar General (DG) said today it is planning to open 625 new stores in fiscal 2011, creating 6,000 new jobs ...

A blizzard in the Northeast this weekend postponed about $1 billion in holiday retail sales by keeping shoppers out of stores in the days after Christmas, research firm ShopperTrak said on Wednesday.

Snowstorms have deterred shoppers at after Christmas sales in America's northeast, while retailers in the rest of the country are anticipating the highest sales in three years.

Holiday online retail spending for the 47 days of the shopping season through December 17 totaled $27.46 billion, according to new data from ComScore, up 12% from the comparable period a year ago. Sales in the latest week were $5.15 billion, up 14% from the comparable week last year.

Shoppers ignored Best Buy Co Inc's promotion of pricey 3D televisions and other high-end gadgets this holiday season as they chased bargains elsewhere, hammering the company's profits.