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		<title><![CDATA[Ross again leads the way.(market condition)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200510/ai_n17271977]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Same-store retail sales were mixed during September,  with discounters doing well, and department stores taking it on the  chin, hit by rising gas prices, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and  unseasonably warm weather which hampered sa    NEW YORK -- Same-store retail...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discounters deliver on same-store sales.(Business)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200502/ai_n17264533]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- With winter storms shutting stores in some regions of  the country, and with post-holiday clearance markdowns chipping away at  the top line, January same-store sales were a mixed bag for key  retailers, with off-pricers and discounters ri    NEW YORK -- With...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Same-store sales.(Business Today)(Illustration)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200412/ai_n17258399]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAME-STORE SALES    NOVEMBER SALES FOR KEY RETAILERS    Four weeks ended Nov. 27 a, dollar amounts in millions                           ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Ventures slashes loss.(Business Today)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Building sales, boosting margins and whittling  interest expense; Retail Ventures Inc., parent of Value City Department  Stores     and Filene's Basement, edged its way towards a turnaround. The  company pared its first quarter loss     COLUMBUS, OHIO --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Same-store sales best expectations.(for May)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200406/ai_n17263385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Apparently undeterred by higher prices at the pump,  shoppers still flocked to the malls during May, pushing up same-store  sales for key U.S. retailers at a higher than expected pace.       After taking a breather the month before, shoppe ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retailers enjoying the warmer weather.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Helped by warmer weather and strong sales of spring  clothing, sales for the nation's major retailers surged ahead in  March at their strongest pace in recent memory.       The news was especially good for the nation's full-price  departme ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart, department stores cut forecasts. (Retail brief).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second month in a row, Wal-Mart has scaled back its monthly  sales growth forecast, to 3 percent to 4 percent growth from the 4  percent to 6 percent hike the company originally forecast for September.       The company did maintain its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[JCPenney profits rise with same-store sales. (Business Today).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PLANO, TX -- Lifted by a big improvement in same-store department  store sales, and by strong results in its Eckerd drugstore business,  first-quarter profits more than doubled at J.C. Penney Co. Inc., surging  ahead by 109.8 percent, to $86.0 million    PLANO, TX -- Lifted...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Redbook average feels impact of WTC disaster.(World Trade Center attack's effect on retail sales)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- With anxious consumers sitting out much of the week,  glued to the tube and watching news reports, same-store retail sales  nose-dived during the second week of September, aborting a rebound begun  weeks before with the first wave of rebat    NEW YORK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. chains experience same-store sales decline.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4704/is_200010/ai_n17261161]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Pity the major U.S. chain stores. The economy has been  strong, consumer confidence has been at record levels, unemployment  remains low, and incomes have been healthy.       So how could things for the chain gang be so bad?  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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