Retailers slogging through roller coaster of feast and famine 
Consumers appear unconvinced that the country is headed for recovery anytime soon. April retail sales fell 0.4 percent compared to March and 1.7 percent year-over-year, according to the Commerce Department.
Following January and February, months in which national retail sales rose, the drops in March and April signal retailers that 2009 could be a year of ...Login required
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