Target, Sears and Macy's have slowest season in five years

During my recent visit to the US, I was shocked at how empty a local Macy's was just a few weeks before Christmas. I walked in to a nearly empty store (on a weekend) and went to the checkout with only one person ahead of me in line.

Sounds like the high gas prices hurt budgets this year. Maybe Cheney was wrong again, but when was he ever correct?