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Global Deals Review: Q4 2009

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Hot sectors in a tepid recovery

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TABLE-US chain store sales fell 4.2 pct last week-Redbook

Tue Jul 7, 2009 8:55am EDT
 
 NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Redbook Research on Tuesday
released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S.
chain store sales:
Year-over-year: Week (w/e 7/04/09 vs year ago)        -4.2 pct
Year-over-year:Month (June 2009 vs June 2008)         -4.4 pct
Month-over-month: (June 2009 vs May 2009)             -4.3 pct
 The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index is a sales-weighted
index of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of
large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing about
9,000 stores.
 (U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)

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