U.s. Retail Sales

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  Indian Shares Rise To Record Highs As Markets Open

  Indian shares tracked global equities higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark indexes hitting record highs at the open, after soft U.S. retail sales data reinforced expectations of an early rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

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  Amazon Prime Day US Sales Rise by 6 Percent to $6.4 Billion From 2022 on First Day

  Amazon's Prime Day two-day shopping event saw U.S. online sales rise nearly 6% to $6.4 billion from a year ago on its first day, as heavy discounts lured bargain-hunting customers who splurged on appliances and toys, Adobe Analytics data on Wednesday showed.

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  Apple Sets Up Online Store on China’s Social Media Platform WeChat

  Tencent's WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple had opened a store on its social media platform, marking an expansion of the U.S. firm's retail channels in the world's second-largest economy.

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  BMW To Pay $18 Million U.S. Fine To Resolve Inflated Sales Probe

  BMW AG and two U.S. subsidiaries agreed Thursday to pay an $18 million (GBP14.1 million) U.S. fine to resolve accusations that they disclosed misleading information about the German luxury automaker's retail sales volume in the United States while raising approximately $18 billion from investors in corporate bond offerings.

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  Google Cloud Prepares for Black Friday 'Peak on Top of Peak'

  Google Cloud unit is poised for a surge in fourth-quarter sales from U.S. retailers, as they brace for record online shopping during the holidays because of COVID-19 lockdowns.

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  Hyundai Third-Quarter Profit Misses Estimates, Dogged By Quality Woes

  Hyundai's total retail sales fell 3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, with the U.S. sales recovery offset by drops in China and South Korean sales

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  Nobody Cooks Anymore, and Maybe That's not so Bad

  View of food-spending patterns comes from the Census Bureau's monthly retail sales data. Sometime soon, it appears, spending at restaurants and bars will surpass spending at food and beverage stores.

• Early start hurts Black Friday sales, Cyber Monday hits record

  U.S. retailers rolled out holiday promotions earlier in November this year, denting sales growth over the Thanksgiving weekend that typically marks the beginning of the holiday spending period, according to data released Tuesday by ShopperTrak.

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  NBA 2K13 tops US gaming charts, as Call of Duty: Black Ops II looms large

  U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in October.

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  Google Nexus 7 sales off to a brisk start

  Google Inc's Nexus 7 tablet is off to an encouraging start, with major retailers running out of the device on its entry in U.S. stores on Friday.

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  Game sales down for 7th straight month

  A new report says U.S. retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell 29 percent in June to $700 million.

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  US video game sales fell 4 percent in March

  U.S. retail sales of video game systems, games and accessories fell 4 percent in March as game software sales declined

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  NPD: US retail video game sales fell in September

  U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dipped 4% to $1.13 billion in September, according to market researcher NPD Group.

• NPD: US retail video game sales fell in September

  U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dipped 4% to $1.13 billion in September, according to market researcher NPD Group.

• US video game sales fell 4 percent in March

  U.S. retail sales of video game systems, games and accessories fell 4 percent in March as game software sales declined