D4 Sales were up this past weekend, some major retail chains reported.

This weekend, however, some major retail chains reported sales up considerably as the holiday shopping season began.

Most retail chains reported flat or lower same-store sales in April.

Yet some large chains reported much better results.

The "beef" campaign helped increase Wendy's annual revenue by 31 percent, the chain reported.

In a separate report on Thursday, the major retail chains reported disappointing results for last month.

The nation's big retail chains reported disappointing sales for September.

The chain had reported earlier that 33 would be closed.

Both chains reported on Sunday that some stores were already out of stock.

Major retail chains also reported that sales were soft in August.