Overall retail sales fell 1.2% in December from November, according to the Commerce Department. That's the worst drop in nine years. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had projected a 0.1% gain in retail sales. Out of the gate stocks fell today on the news with the Standard & Poor's 500 down 0.77% at 9:46 a.m. New […]


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