Retail stocks rise after the Commerce Department reported better-than-expected October sales, giving hope that consumer spending may hold up heading into the holiday season despite a record-high unemployment rate.

99 Cents Only Stores are doing well, but how will deep-discounters perform as we enter recovery?

IPOs planned for week will be worth a combined $865.2 million if companies sell at the middle of their anticipated ranges.

Farewell KB Toys Circuit City Mervyn’s and Linens ‘n Things.Each retailer now defunct offered good prices but that’s not enough in a recession. Quality and brand strength count as consumers look to stretch a buck and so do well-managed expansion and debt loads.The lesson for investors: Cheap prices alone don’t cut it so look for companies that can offset declining sales on premium brands with low-cost alternatives to pick up the slack during the recession or for a well-run company that fills a niche.Case in point: MillerCoors the joint venture of Molson Coors Brewing (TAP) and SAB Miller (SAB) ...

Family Dollar Stores continue to show the strength of the deep-discounters.

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