U.S. Chain Store Sales Slow
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U.S. chain store sales were up, posting a gain in the latest week compared with the same time last year, but hurricanes Bonnie and Charley still left a negative impact, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week, as increased customer traffic at discount and  department stores continues to drive sales, a retail report  said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales fell for the second week in a row, with customers mostly just window shopping, a report said on Tuesday.
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Retail sales growth in the week after Thanksgiving fell to 3.1 percent, the slowest rate in four years, as consumers delayed holiday purchases to wait for discounts.
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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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U.S. chain store sales rose in the  second week of November, as shoppers sought to get a head start  on the holiday shopping, a report said on Tuesday.
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Top U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N, reported lackluster September sales on  Thursday, as warm weather and string of hurricanes that  battered the East Coast dampened buying.
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U.S. chain store retail sales fell in  the latest week as unseasonable weather caused sales to slow a  retail report said on Tuesday.
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Top U.S. retailers, including Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N, reported lackluster September sales on  Thursday as warm weather and the string of hurricanes that  battered the East Coast dampened buying.
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U.S. specialty apparel retailers have  experienced slow sales growth over the first 20 days of the  holiday shopping season, according to data released on Sunday  by SpendingPulse.
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US chain store sales rose for the fourth consecutive week, but the last-minute Christmas rush was not enough to make up for many retailers&#39; subpar pre-Christmas performance, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store sales fell in the  third week of October, with sales being delayed by the summer  like weather, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store sales posted slight  gains in first week of September, supported by strong results  at discount stores, a report said on Tuesday.
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In spite of a burst of Friday spending, the holiday shopping season got off to a sluggish start, forcing retailers to reassess their strategies for luring buyers. Slow sales reported by three retail sales trackers on Tuesday were blamed on higher fuel costs and an overall lack of confidence in the economy.
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U.S. chain store sales were up,  posting a gain in the latest week compared with the same time  last year, but hurricanes Bonnie and Charley still left a  negative impact, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in  the latest week, a report said on Tuesday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week as a holiday weekend gave Americans more time to shop, a report said on Tuesday.