Black Friday sales anemic

Well, this is a sign of more sales to come at stores right before and right after Christmas. Sales seem to be quite a bit below expectations.

Black Friday sales rose only slightly from a year ago even though more shoppers visited stores, retail traffic monitor ShopperTrak said Saturday, setting the stage for another uncertain holiday season for retailers.

Sales increased 0.3% to $10.7 billion, according to ShopperTrak, which installs monitoring devices in stores to gauge traffic. . . .