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		<title><![CDATA[Retailers in Focus as Earnings Season Wraps Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. retailers are poised to defy gloom this week as earnings expectations have improved, but the big test will be what they say about holiday shopping.Earnings estimates for Standard & Poor's 500 retailers have headed higher in recent weeks, some after October same-store sales...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Reports Strong Same-Store Sales]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Poor Public Image Contributes to Slowest Same Store Sales in 27 Years, Says WakeUpWalMart.com]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: LABOR EDITORSTo: LABOR EDITORS]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TAKING STOCK: THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE SHOE BIZ.(holiday spending in department stores, Unites States economy, Saks Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLIDAY FIRST READ: Given somewhat mixed November same-store sales  results - though a decent start to holiday sales over Black Friday  weekend - the outlook for holiday spending has become cautious. Consumer  spending bellwether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sa  HOLIDAY FIRST READ: Given somewhat mixed November same-store...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Middle Market Up, Wal-Mart Off, in June Comps.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Staff       New York -With consumers sucker-punched by the double whammy of  rising gas  prices and higher credit-card bills as interest rates climb,  America's big  retailers took it on the chin during June, with  same-store sales softening,  espe...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[May comp gains dramatic at upscale chains.(sales report of retail industries)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- With upbeat consumers spending freely--at least those  who could afford to fill up their tanks and still have something left  over--American retailers reported a second straight month of solid  gains.       The Johnson Redbook Index, which   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Same-store Sales Up 3.2 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville reported a 3.2 percent increase in February same-store sales, which slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville reported a 3.2 percent increase in February same-store sales, which slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HTT retailers fall short in comp store gains.(Business)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- February's same-store sales for key American  retailers came up short when compared with the month before, alarming  Wall Street and investors. But the numbers look even worse when stacked  up against the year before, February 2005.        ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Overall retail revenues top $ 108 billion.(Departments)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[High Point--The number of companies on the Kids Today quarterly  retail scorecard is dwindling: Toys "R" Us and ShopKo Stores  have both completed merger agreements that have taken them private. And  Linens 'n Things and Burlington plan to j    High Point--The number of companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<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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