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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

ICSC-Goldman's Retail Index Falls, Redbook Report Shows Black Friday Strength

Prior promotions stole sales from the November 29 week, according to ICSC-Goldman's same-store sales index which fell 1.8 percent. Despite the week-to-week decline, the year-on-year rate actually rose 1.1 percentage points to plus 2.8 percent. The report in fact is upbeat, saying consumers are considerably behind in their shopping which points to strength for December sales

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Redbook reports strength in the Black Friday shopping week with its year-on-year same-store sales rate rising 6 tenths to plus 4.8 percent. The report cites deep discounts as a plus for sales including online deals with free shipping. Looking to December, Redbook points to a late Hanukkah as a plus for sales as well as lower gas prices.

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