U.S. retail sales were disappointing in March — and people probably aren’t changing their spending habits this month. “I don’t think April’s going to be any better,” Britt Beemer, chairman of America’s Research Group, said Thursday after the March numbers were released. Sales fell 0.5% to $65.6 billion at stores open a year or more, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers’ tally of 37 national chains. For the full story visit http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-retail11apr11,1,2488031.story
