31.   While winter storms may have magnified the effect last month, analysts expect retailers to continue aggressive discounting well into the new year.

32.   While retailers continue to tabulate their holiday sales totals, some said Tuesday that preliminary results indicated they were meeting and in some cases exceeding expectations.

33.   Apparel retailers continued to clear out leftover winter garb in order to stock their stores for Easter and early spring.

34.   But retailers continue to be stymied by high gasoline prices, stock market volatility and an overall economic slowdown, which have made consumers spend less frivolously.

35.   Industry executives have said retailers continue to struggle against weak consumer demand.

36.   Retailers continue to enjoy one of their strongest years in recent history.

37.   Retailers continued to report weaker than projected sales.

38.   Retailers continued to suffer.

39.   The electronic retailer continued expanding, launching QVC-Japan in April.

40.   Discount retailer The Warehouse continued its downward trend despite announcing strong group sales in the April quarter.