The government said this morning that retail sales inched up 0.4 percent last month. That was lower than expected.

JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson, formerly of Target and Apple, explains how he hopes to move the company forward — in part by looking back to the heyday of department stores.

Apple gets cozy with Target

Despite concerns over a still-fragile economy, consumers pushed retail sales to a new record in 2011.

Stop the presses: people like shopping online! I know, right?

Sears and Kmart plan to eliminate as many as 120 stores. Analysts wonder if their hedge fund owner really understands the retail biz.

Some post-holiday shoppers today will take advantage of a little-known policy at several stores that offers money back on items purchased before Christmas that have since been discounted

Ten percent to 15 percent of holiday sales occur in the week after Christmas. Discounting is deep this year.