Retail sales for February rose only 0.2% seasonally adjusted, after the big drop in January. Year-over-year, they rose 3.1%, a smaller increase than in January (+3.9%). And they were confusing ...

February retail sales showed continued weakness, missing expectations and failing to recover from January’s decline. Click to find out more about the U.S. economy.

Retail Sales Increase Slightly Retail sales rose by 0.2% in February, a rebound from the downwardly revised 1.2% decline in January.

Excluding the drop in sales by motor vehicle and parts dealers, retail sales increased by 0.3 percent in February after falling by 0.6 percent in January. Ex-auto sales were expected to rise by 0. ...

Retail sales rose just 0.2% in February, a small rebound after a sharp drop of 1.2% in January, the Commerce Department said Monday. Sales rose at grocery stores, home and garden stores, and ...

February retail sales saw mild gains in February, according to data respectively issued earlier today by the United States Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce and the National Retail ...

Core retail sales (excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants) rose 0.9% month-over-month in February, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales fell 0.2% year-over-year ...

Retail sales edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in February from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Monday. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected a gain of 0.6%.

December's purchases were also bumped up by a sales tax break that ended in mid-February, economists noted. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales to drop by 0.4% month-on-month.

April 25 (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales fell by 0.4% in February from January at C$69.33 billion ($49.95 billion), on lower sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers, Statistics Canada said on ...

For comparison, retail spending in February barely rose, and it declined in January. Compared to a year ago, retail sales in March increased 4.6%. NPR's Camila Domonoske contributed to this report.