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you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, january 6. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. looks like retailers didn't get their christmas wish for robust sales. susie, the holiday season was pretty good, but not good enough. >> susie: tom, you can blame it on those nasty snowstorms in the northeast. december sales at t...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. looks like retailers didn't get their christmas wish for robust sales. susie, the holiday season was pretty good, but not good enough. >> susie: tom, you can blame it on those nasty snowstorms in the northeast. december sales at the nation's retailers were mixed; many chain stores reported results below analyst estimates. the 28 chains tracked by thomson reuters rang up an average sales gains of 3%. that's mu...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. looks like retailers didn't get their christmas wish for robust sales. susie, the holiday season was pretty good, but not good enough. >> susie: tom, you can blame it on those nasty snowstorms in the northeast. december sales at the nation's retailers were mixed; many chain stores reported results below analyst estimates. the 28 chains tracked by thomson reuters rang up an average sales gains of 3%. that's mu...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. my colleague susie gharib is off tonight. as the nation prepares to go shopping this weekend, investors were buying up stocks. the dow popped 150 points higher, wiping out yesterday's losses. while shopping on the day after thanksgiving has become almost as much a tradition as eating turkey leftovers, this year both retailers and shoppers have a new game plan for black friday. erika miller reports. >> reporter: 'tis the season for decking the malls. not just with seasonal decor, but also with sales signs. t...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. my colleague susie gharib is off tonight. as the nation prepares to go shopping this weekend, investors were buying up stocks. the dow popped 150 points higher, wiping out yesterday's losses. while shopping on the day after thanksgiving has become almost as much a tradition as eating turkey leftovers, this year both retailers and shoppers have a new game plan for black friday. erika miller reports. >> reporter: 'tis the season for decking the malls. not just with seasonal decor, but also with sales signs. t...