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Retail Sales Lag in April

Warm weather in March hurts April sales

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12 years ago

May 7, 2012

Robin Donovan

Same-store retail sales rose 0.8 percent in April per the Thomson Reuters same-store sales index, CNBC reported. This disappointing growth follows a healthy a 4.3 percent same-store-sales increase in March. Industry analysts pointed to higher-than-average temperatures in March, which may have prompted shoppers to make spring purchases earlier than usual.

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