TABLE-US chain store sales flat last week-ICSC

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Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:45am EDT 

 NEW YORK, Aug 11 (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)
Aug   08           495.6             0.4                0.0
Aug   01           495.5            -0.7               -0.2
July  25           496.5            -0.5                1.0
July  18           491.7            -0.3                0.5
ICSC Research expects same-store sales for August comparable
store sales still to decline by 3.5 to 4.0 percent--though that
would be a slight improvement from the underlying trend between
December 2008 and July 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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