41.   Q. What would constitute a good selling season for the companies you follow?

42.   Retailers were also weak, amid concerns that the recent storms after a poor Christmas selling season would hurt profits.

43.   Some analysts said the good numbers could bode well for the second half of the year, the biggest selling season for retailers that includes the key holiday season.

44.   Spring is the biggest selling season, when no automaker likes to lose market share.

45.   Spring is the most important selling season for the auto industry.

46.   Supplies of bullion are dwindling because of strong demand from jewelry manufacturers at their peak selling season of the year.

47.   Summer is the peak selling season for beer marketers, the most competitive time for an industry in which sales have remained essentially flat for years.

48.   That may dismay you, but it delights computer retailers who already are thinking of the introduction Thursday as an early Christmas selling season.

49.   That might mean seeking general information about such matters as the best selling season or their preference of vendors.

50.   The biggest gainers were retailers, which jumped on hopes that healthy employment trends will bring a strong holiday selling season this year.