11.   Neither rain nor sleet kept shoppers from their destinations last weekend.

12.   Now a variety of factors are keeping Asian shoppers at home.

13.   Other retailers cited the Olympics for keeping potential shoppers at home.

14.   Retailers said unusually warm weather throughout most of the United States kept shoppers from loading up on winter clothes.

15.   Ridder conceded, however, that the very announcement of a strike could keep shoppers at home or lead them to take their business elsewhere.

16.   Sales of consumer electronics have been slow industrywide amid a lack of compelling new products and high consumer debt, which has been keeping shoppers from making big-ticket purchases.

17.   Store sales were propped up by better weather in May than for the corresponding month a year ago, when unseasonable cold kept shoppers at home.

18.   That was an even smaller year-over-year increase than in September, when the terrorist attacks kept many shoppers at home.

19.   That low rate would help to allay consumer worries and keep shoppers spending, supporting economic growth.

20.   The combination of a slowing economy and the shock of terrorist attacks kept shoppers from malls and restaurants in September.