1.   Retailers turned around weaker performances from earlier in the summer as demand surged for school clothing and pricey casual apparel for women.

2.   Retailers around the nation rebounded in August from their summer doldrums, driven in part by strong demand from school clothing and pricey casual apparel for women.

3.   U.S. retailers said sales rebounded in August from their summer doldrums, in part because of strong demand for school clothing.

4.   U.S. retailers said sales rebounded in August from their summer doldrums, driven in part by strong demand for school clothing and pricey casual apparel for women.

5.   Wal-Mart agreed Wednesday to continue accepting school clothing vouchers for low-income West Virginians after the state said it would modify how it paid the retailer.

6.   Wal-Mart says it never intended to back out of a state program that provides school clothing vouchers for poor West Virginians.