02-13-2016, 12:17 AM
Crisis, what crisis?? Despite the weather and the stock market plunge..
Sales at retailers got off to a solid start in 2016 despite a big snowstorm that slammed the eastern part of the U.S. late in the month. Retail sales rose 0.2% in January, as consumers boosted purchases of new cars as well as groceries and shopped more online.
Retail sales get off to solid start in 2016 - MarketWatch

