September retail sales rise 0.8%, with much of the spending going to gasoline
Photo: New York PostHow coverage differs AP gives the 0.8% figure and names gasoline and the Commerce Department; the New York Post's excerpt calls it only an 'essential bill'.
Retail sales rose 0.8% in September, according to the Commerce Department's latest report, as shoppers kept spending after a better-than-expected August. A large share of last month's spending went toward gasoline bills rather than discretionary purchases.
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