American Eagle August same-store sales rise
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Teen clothing retailer American Eagle   Outfitters Inc. AEOS.O on Wednesday posted   better-than-expected sales at stores open at least a year for   August, citing strong back-to-school demand even as higher   energy costs crimped consumer spending.
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Retail sales in Britain rose strongly in August, helped by strong sales of food, official data showed on Thursday.
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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  fourth week of July, boosted by some back to school related  buying and summer clearance sales, a report said on Tuesday.
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Teen retailers reported sharply higher   sales in August after kids flocked to stores ahead of the new   school year, but adult retailers fared worse as a slowing   housing market and higher energy prices crimped spending.
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Retail sales rose by 0.3 percent in August compared with the previous month despite the biggest drop in food sales for more than three years, official data has shown.
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American Eagle Outfitters Inc.  on Wednesday said May sales at stores open at least a year rose 5 percent, slightly missing Wall Street targets, but the teen clothing retailer reiterated its second-quarter earnings forecast.
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American Eagle continues to outperform in 2004.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday  said worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open at least  13 months rose 3.9 percent in August, helped by strong sales of  new menu items like fried chicken strips.
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The women's apparel retailer reports higher same-store sales in June.
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Retail sales unexpectedly rose in August, gaining 0.6 percent after a 0.7 percent gain in July, the Office for National Statistics said.
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The largest U.S. closeout retailer reports a drop in same-store sales for August.
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Pending sales of U.S. homes rose 4.3 percent in August in a sign the nation's housing market might be stabilizing, a trade association said on Monday.
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Major retailers, led by discounters  Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp, turned in better-than-expected  August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school  shopping despite higher gas prices and the nation&#39;s housing  meltdown.
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Family Dollar Stores Inc.  on  Thursday said August sales rose 4 percent at stores open at  least a year, and the company raised its profit outlook for the  just-ended fiscal fourth quarter.
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Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly  rose in August to a seasonally adjusted 1.050 million  annualized rate after a sharp downward revision in July's  tally, while the inventory of homes for sale eased slightly, a  government report showed on Wednesday.
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Teen clothing retailer American Eagle   Outfitters Inc. AEOS.O said on Wednesday its sales at stores   open at least a year rose 11 percent in August, helped by   back-to-school sales, and the company raised its quarterly   earnings forecast.
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Shoppers persevered at the nation's stores and malls in August, buying skinny jeans and other back-to-school fashions and giving many retailers solid sales gains for the month. The outlook for the rest of the year nonetheless remained unclear amid higher energy costs and interest rates and a deteriorating housing market.