Pressured Shoppers Keep Stretching Budgets, Boosting Retailers

A shopper carries Best Buy store bags in New York. PHOTO BY MICHAEL NAGLE /Bloomberg Article content (Bloomberg) — Shares of retailers spanning Kohl’s Corp. to Best Buy Co. and Dollar Tree Inc. rose on Thursday amid optimism that shoppers are still spending when they see what they want at the right price. Article content The three chains operate in very different parts of the retail sector, but all surprised investors to the upside in a sign of strength by US consumers who are facing multiple hurdles. Article content Article content Article content Gas prices have surged since the start of the…