What's Ahead in Retail Advertising 4Q and Beyond? Mike Gatti, Executive Director with the National Retail Federation, tells SALES-FAX NEWS that although consumer spending is improving, "It's going to be awhile, years, before we see the kind of spending and confidence that we have known." New York, NY (PRWEB) November 2, 2010 The recently released September sales' report from the National Retail Federation shows that consumer spending for the back-to-school season increased slightly above what was forecasted.

HOUSTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Gatti's Pizza, of Austin, TX, has been satisfying pizza cravings for over 40 years. Now, they are set to satisfy a tech craving by launching their mobile ordering iPhone App available for download now.

A judge cleared New England boxer Irish Micky Ward of an assault and battery charge in a 2008 fight with his father-in-law. The Lowell (Mass.) Sun said Wednesday that District Court Judge James McGuiness made the ruling after the defense argued the 43-year-old Ward was acting in self defense when he broke 53-year-old Kevin Nolette's nose amid a shouting match at Nolette's home. What is clear is that Micky Ward does his fighting in the ring, lawyer Robert Normandin declared after Tuesday's ruling. The Sun said Ward is not totally out of the woods.

Police in Rio de Janeiro have ruled the death of boxing great Arturo Gatti a suicide and have released his wife, Amanda Rodrigues, from jail. Rodrigues was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after Gatti was found dead July 11, with police initially saying she used the strap of her purse to strangle her husband while he was sleeping at a beach apartment in northeast Brazil. When Rodrigues was released late Thursday, she was accompanied by her lawyer and sister and authorities said they had concluded their investigation. He was a great man and fighter, fellow boxer Micky Ward told the Montreal Gazette.

The wife of retired boxer Arturo Gatti is a suspect in his murder, police in Brazil confirmed. Gatti was found dead July 11 in a hotel in Brazil.