TABLE-US chain store sales rose 0.2 pct last week-ICSC

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Tue Jun 9, 2009 7:45am EDT 

 NEW YORK, 9 June (Reuters) - The International Council of
Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs on Tuesday released the
following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store
retail sales.
WEEK ENDING  INDEX 1977=100  YEAR/YEAR CHANGE  WEEKLY CHANGE
                              (percent)         (percent)
June  06           488.6            -0.8                0.2
May   30           487.4             0.6               -0.6
May   23           490.5             0.5                0.8
May   16           486.8            -0.3               -1.2
ICSC Research expects same-store sales for June will be down
four to five percent compared with 4.6 percent decline in May
2009.
The ICSC weekly U.S. retail chain store sales index is a
joint publication between ICSC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It
measures nominal same-store sales, excluding restaurant and
vehicle demand, and represents about 75  retail chain stores.
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