A pedestrian walks with a shopping bag from a JC Penney department store in New York
A pedestrian walks with a shopping bag from a JC Penney department store in New York March 2, 2010. Record snow along the U.S. East Coast and other regions likely muted retail sales in February, limiting increases in what was expected to be an easy month for retailers to show big gains over last year. REUTERS/Natalie Behring (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)