The Easter holiday will be celebrated in mid-April this year and that has impacted chain store sales, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Easter holiday will be celebrated in mid-April this year and that has impacted chain store sales, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 25, 2009

A later-than-normal Easter has impacted chain store sales this month, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 24, 2009

Florida might have a soaring unemployment rate and large store chains might be liquidating or shutting down, but the national trends have been encouraging to some retail analysts. ...more

March 7, 2009

Warm weather and a stout Valentine's Day shopping crowd helped make last week a favorable one for the retail industry. ...more

February 19, 2009

The Christmas shopping season often can put a colorful coating on an otherwise rotten economy. ...more

January 24, 2009

If retail is Goliath, then the holiday shopping season was the rock from the sling-shot that brought it to its knees. ...more

January 11, 2009

Retailers are suffering through one of the most difficult holiday seasons in years, slashing prices by 70 percent and 80 percent and offering other deals in a desperate effort to ring up more sales. ...more

December 24, 2008

The U.S. government's recent decision to save banking giant Citigroup Inc. may ultimately be remembered as the last high-profile bank rescue in the great financial crisis of 2008, but that doesn't mean it's business as usual in global markets. ...more

November 28, 2008

Help could be on the way for Hernando County's depressed housing industry - not only for the construction of new homes but help to reduce the huge inventory of used homes. ...more

June 24, 2008