RETAIL NUMBERS “TEPID” AND “SLUGGISH.” Unexpectedly?

And how bad has it gotten? “The Obama White House must feel quite a bit of desperation to partner up with Wal-Mart, and this program sounds pretty doggone desperate. Is it really so hard to give out SBA loans that the government needs to discount them through Sam’s Club? And do you have to get 12 loans at a time and carry them out in the flatbed cart?”