October retail sales sapped by Wal-Mart. By Abigail Goldman . Nov. 3, 2006 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... What’s more, he added, the slowdown in home refinancing, ...

For example, if a clothing store marks up every item it sells by 100% of the wholesale price, it could accurately use the retail inventory method, but if it marks up some items by 20%, some by 35% ...