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

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Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:57am EDT 

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 Oct 20 (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)
Oct   17           490.3             2.8                0.2
Oct   10           489.4             1.0                0.6
Oct    3           486.5             1.0                0.3
Sep   26           485.0             0.9                0.1
Sep   19           484.6             0.6               -2.0
ICSC Research expects same-store sales for October to be flat on a
year-over-year basis with a bias toward a somewhat higher outcome.
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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