SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. retail chains ended their fiscal year with better-than-expected January sales, but the current first quarter could be tougher if consumers overspent during the holiday season. January same-store sales rose 3.3 percent based on a tally of 29 retailers compiled by Thomson ...

How chains in 4 key retail sectors fared in January compared with a year earlierHere is a summary of how sales at stores open at least a year changed in January for selected major chains in four key retail sectors: department stores and discount, drug and clothing chains. Next to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have sent letters to Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Amazon and 74 other companies warning them that rayon clothing and other products cannot be labeled as bamboo, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. The letters, which were sent last week, require companies to distinguish between bamboo ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - January sales at top U.S. retail chains should rebound into positive territory from last year's decline as shoppers redeemed holiday gift cards and retailers avoided drastic clearance sales. Retailers ranging from Target Corp <TGT.N> to J.C. Penney Co Inc <JCP ...