TABLE-US chain store sales fell 0.9 pct last week-ICSC

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Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:45am EDT 

 NEW YORK, Aug 18 (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   15           491.0            -0.6               -0.9
Aug   08           495.6             0.4                0.0
Aug   01           495.5            -0.7               -0.2
July  25           496.5            -0.5                1.0
 ICSC Research expects same-store sales for August will be
down between 3.5 percent and 4 percent.
 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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