This is back-to-school season. But the National Retail Federation says school-related sales are down from last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Ellen Davis, with the National Retail Federation, notes that smaller stores have been harder hit than large retailers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Other expected legislation is a plan for a banking levy and a commission to investigate the possibility of separating retail and investment banking.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Retail analyst Lori Wachs says discounts on big ticket items like electronics were among the big draws.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

While the middlemen inflate the retail price, the distributors say the government sets prices artificially low.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

The price of a smoke varies widely across the United States, because each state sets the tax imposed on the retail sale of a pack of cigarettes.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Many large and small stores, restaurants,and other retail establishments are gone.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20