http://pitchandship.com News about direct response, network television and affiliated e-commerce Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:01:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pitchandship.com/2009/10/14/non-auto-retail-sales-grew-0-5-in-september/ http://pitchandship.com/2009/10/14/non-auto-retail-sales-grew-0-5-in-september/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:32:14 +0000 admin http://pitchandship.com/?p=818 [...]]]> Over all, retail sales fell 1.5 percent in September from a month earlier — better than a projected decline of 2.1 percent — according to a Commerce Department report.  Backing out autos, which dropped 20% from their Cash-for-Clunkers summer high, leads to the half-a-percent increase.  Although economists cheered the performance, the gain was due to increased spending on necessities like food and gasoline.  The New York Times Oct. 14, 2009

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