sluggish sales

Store owners say shoppers are buying mostly deeply discounted clothing amid escalating job worries.

Constellation Brands Inc.'s CEO received compensation valued at almost $6.8 million in fiscal 2010 as the world's biggest winemaker adjusted to sluggish sales of alcoholic drinks in a choppy economy.

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Penney Co. roughly broke even in the second quarter, just topping Wall Street expectations as the department store chain benefits from cost-cutting moves.

July was another month of sluggish sales for retailers as shoppers, many of them worried about their jobs, continued to focus on buying only the necessities.

Retailers are reporting sluggish sales for July as shoppers' worries about jobs escalate, raising concern about the health of the back-to-school shopping season.

Shoppers — worried about job security and finding fewer options among the sales bins — remained tight-fisted in July, resulting in sluggish sales for many merchants and raising concern about the back-to-school shopping season's health.

Shoppers — worried about job security and finding fewer options among the sales bins — remained tight-fisted in July, resulting in sluggish sales for many merchants and raising concern about the back-to-school shopping season's health.