NRF: Retail Sales to Grow Four Percent in 2011

February 17, 2011

The National Retail Federation projects retail sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) in 2011 to grow four percent over last year’s numbers. Retail industry sales have now increased for seven consecutive months following the release of January’s results.

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Waffle House workers in Conyers, Georgia, are now on their third day of striking over what they call the company’s unfair policies. Led by the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), Waffle House employees are demanding an end to the mandatory “meal credit” deductions from their paychecks, along with better wages and improved working conditions.