The nation’s stores posted a second consecutive month of sales increases, marking the retailing industry’s best performance in over a year.
Retailers Report Healthy Sales Increases
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, New York Times
Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:41am
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