Anemic Retail Sales Hurt Markets Stocks fell on weak job data and anemic retail sales.

Still, some analysts pointed to recent disappointments like the anemic sales of the Stilo compact car as worrisome.

For all of the euphoria over Babies "R" Us, anemic sales at Kids "R" Us for the quarter sealed its fate as a free-standing store.

The strong showing followed relatively anemic sales earlier in the month.

The game collapsed, but the toys persist, despite anemic sales.

Despite anemic sales, Progress nevertheless received near-universal critical acclaim from critics both at the time of its release and nowadays.

Today, Volkswagen is in similar straits, with anemic sales and plunging profit, particularly in the United States.

The strong showing - an estimated 376,683 vehicles were sold between Jan. 21 and Jan. 31 - followed relatively anemic sales earlier in the month.

He is accustomed to "good reviews followed by anemic sales" and worries about writing "novels that are not embarrassingly bad but lead you to wonder why the author had bothered."

Traders Seem Unimpressed Traders also seemed unimpressed by an anemic sales performance by Detroit in the first 10 days of December.