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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 13: A customer shops for shoes at a Skechers store on May 13, 2013 in San Francisco, California. According to a Commerce Department report, falling gas prices help boost retail and food service sales 0.1 percent in April one month after March sales fell 0.5 percent.

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  • Retail sales slow in January, report shows

    took a bite out of consumers' paychecks. The 0.1 percent climb followed an unrevised 0.5 percent increase in December, U.S. Commerce Department figures showed Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The advance matched the median forecast of 80 economists surveyed by   Read more »

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