U.S. video game sales rise 31 percent in June
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software in June rose 31 percent from a year ago, driven by  stronger demand for gaming consoles from all three major  industry players, market data showed on Monday.
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The big four drugstore chains report higher comparable sales in June.
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U.S. chain stores sales rose in the  fourth week of June, with some help from buying of seasonal  goods as the week included the first day of summer, a report  said on Tuesday.
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Nintendo Wii sales worldwide have surpassed lifetime Microsoft Xbox 360 sales in less than a year.
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Shares of the leading video game software publishers traded higher Friday despite mixed November sales. US sales of console games -- those made for Sony&#39;s (SNE:NYSE - news - research) PlayStation 2, Microsoft&#39;s
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The women's apparel retailer reports higher same-store sales in June.
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The Nintendo Wii video game console continued its remarkable performance in April, with U.S. sales that far outpaced its next-gen rivals, Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3. According to figures compiled by NPD Group, the Wii sold 360,000 units in April compared to 174,000 Xbox 360s and just 82,000 PlayStation 3s.
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Sony Corp. said Monday that PlayStation 3 game machine sales totaled 1.2 million in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the company's Blu-ray video format because the PlayStation 3 also works as a Blu-ray player.
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U.S. video games sales totaled $17.9 billion last year (a record), up from $13.5 billion in 2006, thanks to shiny new consoles and a slew of great games.
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Sales of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game  console surpassed one million units in Japan in about eight  months after its launch, more than four times as long as it  took Nintendo's hot-selling Wii to reach the same mark.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 2.4 percent rise in sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year in June.
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Retailers, including industry leader Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , reported June sales that topped Wall Street's conservative expectations on Thursday, raising hope for the back-to-school shopping season.
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U.S. sales of video-game hardware and software jumped more than 50 percent in November, driven by record purchases of Nintendoâ Wii console and several new blockbuster games.
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Recent launches of new video game  consoles from Sony (6758.T), Microsoft  and Nintendo  (7974.OS) are benefiting game maker Electronic Arts Inc.  , which is aiming to garner 20 percent of total game  sales, according to Barron's.
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June sales at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. rose more than analysts estimated after consumers increased spending on groceries and electronics.
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Sony's game unit said Monday that it had sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America during the key year-end holiday shopping season.
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TechWeb - U.S. shoppers snapped up 436,000 Wii units in January, according to figures from market research firm NPD.