The bottom line is, it's a holiday that spans budgets.

A lot of the heels and the soles that are heavier complement the spring fashions.

(SHARE) provides people with healthy food. It's a way of helping everyone stretch and extend their food budgets. It helps all families.

I don't think investors should expect any surprises from retail results this week. The holiday season is over and everybody is looking forward. So what will be more interesting are any comments that might be made on conference calls as to the outlook for the rest of the year.

In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but didn't use until January.

You can see from a case like this how the Medicaid system can have a substantial impact on county budgets.