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TABLE-US chain store sales rose 1.7 pct last week-Redbook

Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:55am EST
 
 NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Redbook Research on Tuesday
released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S.
chain store sales:
Year-over-year: Week (w/e 11/07/09 vs year ago)        1.7 pct
Year-over-year:Month (November 2009 vs November 2008)  1.7 pct
Month-over-month: (November 2009 vs October 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.
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