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NEW YORK, March 26- Redbook Research on Tuesday released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store sales:. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index is a sales-weighted index of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores.
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NEW YORK, March 26- Redbook Research on Tuesday released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store sales:. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index is a sales-weighted index of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores.
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Dollar General posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales of food and other basics helped drive growth despite consumers' concerns about the economy.
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March 25- Dollar General Corp posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales of food and other basics helped drive growth despite consumers' concerns about the economy. The discount chain earned $317.4 million, or 97 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended on Feb. 1, up from $292.5 million, or 85 cents per share, a year earlier.
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March 25- Dollar General Corp posted a higher quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales of food and other basics helped drive growth despite consumers' concerns about the economy. The discount chain earned $317.4 million, or 97 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended on Feb. 1, up from $292.5 million, or 85 cents per share, a year earlier.
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Furniture retailer IKEA's Swedish meatballs are returning to the menu after last month's horse meat scare, with new supply chain controls "from farm to fork," the company's head of foods said.
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NEW YORK, March 19- Redbook Research on Tuesday released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store sales:. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index is a sales-weighted index of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores.
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*Target Corp is struggling with a problem that few retailers face: too much demand for too little inventory, risking dampening customers' enthusiasm as the U.S. discounter gets ready to open a new wave of stores.
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March 14- U.S. discount chain Target Corp has agreed to buy Chefs Catalog and Cooking.com to boost its ability to sell cooking products and kitchenware online. Target does not expect the deals to affect its results this year in any meaningful way.
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Improved weather is projected to result in a successful growing year, which could reduce the pressure on grain, livestock feed and consumer prices.
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Moves by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to put his finance minister in charge of the central bank is leading to concerns that he may be seeking someone more malleable to run the state coffers in the run up to next year's elections.
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March 4- Supervalu Inc on Monday named a new president for its Save-A-Lot discount chain and announced other management changes as the supermarket operator and food distributor gets ready to close a deal that will make it a leaner company.
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Workers at Chivas Brothers plant in Scotland have accidentally flushed thousands of gallons of the company's Scotch down the drain.
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The stakes were high this holiday season for the operator of Sears department stores and the Kmart discount chain. The company's sales have fallen every year since 2005, when Lampert merged two of America's iconic retail chains, Kmart and Sears Roebuck and Co, in an $11 billion deal.
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*Kmart same-store sales drop 3.7 percent. Feb 28- Sears Holdings Corp reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on lower costs, sending shares of the operator of its namesake department stores and the Kmart discount chain up nearly 3 percent on Thursday.
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Feb 28- Sears Holdings Corp reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on lower costs, sending shares of the operator of its namesake department stores and the Kmart discount chain up more than 3 percent on Thursday.
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Feb 28- Sears Holdings Corp, which operates its namesake department stores and the Kmart discount chain, on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on tight cost controls. Sears has closed stores, tightly managed inventory, sold some real estate and shed assets to become more profitable in recent quarters.
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Feb 28- Retailer Sears Holdings Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit before special items, boosted by lower costs. The operator of Sears department stores and the Kmart discount chain said its net loss in the fourth quarter narrowed to $489 million, or $4.61 a share, from $2.4 billion, or $22.47 a share, a year earlier.
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The National Retail Federation forecast includes sales at most traditional retail categories including non-store, auto parts and accessories stores, discounters, department stores, grocery stores, and specialty stores, and excludes sales at automotive dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants.
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LONDON, Jan 10- Department stores chain John Lewis and deep discounter Aldi emerged as winners on Thursday after British retailers fought it out for every pound in a tough Christmas. Elsewhere Tesco showed signs of life, John Lewis and Next proved as reliable as ever, but Marks& Spencer was left looking embarrassed when its poor results were leaked a day early.
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*EPS 69 cents vs Wall St 75- cent view. The discount chain began selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, Pepsi drinks, gift cards, magazines and other merchandise in recent months to better compete against chains such as Dollar General Corp..