Retail sales rise 0.6% in August largely due to a spike in gas prices

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SHOOPERS WAIT to purchase items in a boutique on Tennyson Street in northwest Denver. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a report issued by the Commerce Department on Thursday. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / DAVID ZALUBOWSKI
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as many families send their kids off to school. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a report issued by the Commerce Department…

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