keywords: sales retail consumers record ottawa
text: Consumers pushed retail sales to a record \$29.1 billion in August &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; OTTAWA (CP) - Consumers pushed retail sales to a record \$29.1 billion in August, says Statistics Canada. That was up 0.8 per cent from July when sales rose 0.4 per cent and also set a record at \$28.