US Retail

Gas prices in the US have been an issue now for years. People are starting to notice $3.50 a gallon throughout the country. Most of the nations retailers reported an increase in sales for the month of Feburary. Mr.Perkins. president of Retail Metrics stated that "Sales might have been better had we not seen this precipiteous rise in gas prices... if it is sustainable and goes to $4, it is really going to have an effect". Haley Barbour, Mississippi governer accused the Obama Administration of hiking energy costs in efforts to promote alternative fuels.