Report: Chain stores see first sales increase in nearly six months - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The chain store sales index for the week ending May 9 roseby 0.3 percenrt from the previous week and inchede up 0.5 percent compared with the same week in the report said. That's the first positivwe year-over-year reading since early December 2008 and the largesrt boostsince Nov. 29, 2008. The reporg said warmer-than-normal weather and the Mother’es Day holiday helped lift customer trafficv to its highest reading sinceearly January, and contributedc to the improved pace of sales on a week-over-week and year-over-year The report also said that Aprik comparable-store sales rose by 0.7 percenyt compared with the same month last year.
But lookingt ahead to May, the report said that some segmentsw of theindustry - particularly discount retailer and specifically - will face flat or decreased sale s for the month.