Sentence examples for declining retail from inspiring English sources

Barnes & Noble shares shot up 11.5 percent to $15.06 after the bookseller's chairman offered to buy its declining retail business.

The declining retail numbers were also troubling when viewed in the context of a rise in sales among independent booksellers.

Others include inflationary pressures like rising prices for fuel and homes, low office vacancies and declining retail spending.

Owners say they are caught in a vise between declining retail sales and landlords eager to find better-paying tenants.

Declining retail sales, combined with cuts in corporate capital spending and weak exports, have pushed Japan into its third recession in the last 10 years.

The issues are only further complicated by the recession, sharply declining retail sales and the inability to get financing for any project, regardless of who the developer is.

A second surprise came in a report of declining United States retail sales in January, a result of weakness in auto sales.

Wholesale jobs are declining and retail trade employment is flat.

PAGE C1 RETAIL SALES CONTINUE DECLINE Retail sales declined 0.1percentt in July, led by a sharp drop in automobile sales, the Commerce Department said.

But Barnes & Noble had largely anticipated the lower revenue and despite the sales decline, retail profits increased 7.3 percent, to $212 million, in part because of higher sales margins and "expense management," the company said.

Categories that declined included retail, food and food products, home furnishings and travel.