Which retail categories need a holiday boost?

And now, back to your regularly scheduled flood of holiday-shopping commercials. With the elections over and fewer than 20 days until Black Friday, U.S. consumers are bound to be bombarded with holiday ads from retailers in the coming weeks. And some retailers could use a boost in business more than others, according to recent data from Sageworks, a financial information company. Overall, private retail companies are currently growing annual sales at a rate of 6.3 percent, which is lower than th...