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by Tom Moeller August 31, 2004
Chain store sales slipped 0.2% last week and gave back all of the paltry 0.1% rise the week prior according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)-UBS.
For all of August, sales are even with the July average but are down 0.4% from the high in May.
During the last ten years there has been a 60% correlation between y/y change in chain store sales and the change in non-auto retail sales less gasoline.
The ICSC-UBS retail chain-store sales index is constructed using the same-store sales reported by 78 stores of seven retailers: Dayton Hudson, Federated, Kmart, May, J.C. Penney, Sears and Wal-Mart.
| ICSC-UBS (SA, 1977=100) | 08/28/04 | 08/21/04 | Y/Y | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Weekly Retail Chain Store Sales | 438.4 | 439.3 | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 2.1% |
