1.   And it is just one of a flock of symbols, squiggles, seals and certifications popping up on consumer products that leave many shoppers baffled.

2.   Critics complained that supermarket executives and factory farms had left shoppers with no choice but a stale cardboard apple.

3.   Often, even if an e-mail or a phone call is answered, the response leaves aggrieved shoppers cold.

4.   Sales were helped by after-Christmas clearance sales and severe blizzards that left shoppers at home last year.

5.   U.S. retailers said sales jumped in January because of after-Christmas clearance sales and severe blizzards that left shoppers at home last year.

6.   The bomb explosion, at the mall entrance, left the shopper, a woman, with arm and leg injuries.