Wave Goodbye To Retail's Monthly Same-Store Sales Reports

Retail Geeks submits: Retailers reporting monthly sales numbers generally beat expectations. We show 18 retailers beating their consensus comp store sales expectation for September 2010. We show another 3 retailers meeting their consensus comp store sales expectation for September 2010.

Retail Geeks submits: Retailers reporting monthly sales numbers generally beat expectations. We show 15 retailers beating their consensus comp store sales expectation for August 2010. We show 5 retailers meeting their consensus comp store sales expectation for August 2010. Only 5 retailers missed their consensus comp store sales expectations for August 2010.There was no mention of greater tax-free sales holiday days in August 2010 versus LY.

By Adam Levine-Weinberg:This morning, the weekly ICSC/Goldman Sachs chain store sales poll showed a 3.4% gain in comparable store sales, year over year. ICSC expects a 3.5-4.5% gain in comp store sales for the month of August, excluding drug stores.

NEW YORK — So much for new spring shorts and T-shirts. As cold weather lingered across most of the country, Americans shopped modestly in March. U.S. retailers reported a key revenue figure rose slightly during the month, as shoppers held back on spending because of the cold weather across the nation, particularly the Midwest and East Coast, and continued fears about the economy. Economists monitor consumer spending because it accounts for more than 70 percent of economic activity.

Wednesday morning, all eyes will be on the January retail sales report, which will get published at 8:30 AM ET. Economists are expecting a 0.1 percent gain, and a 0.3 percent increase excluding autos and gas.

Clothing retailer's finance director says this Christmas 'demonstrate

By RetailSails:Even with a blowout Black Friday weekend, overall November retail sales results were underwhelming and many chains are now counting on December strength to save the Holiday season.