By The Numbers
- Money-Making Mood Stabilizers
- No Product Revenues, Plenty of Risk: Buy Exelixis?
- Lightning Round: Caterpillar, Starbucks, Intel and More
- Lightning Round OT: SanDisk, Marvel Entertainment and More
- The Discounter’s Dilemma
- Cramer: Earnings, IPOs Dominate Next Week’s Game Plan
- Web Extra: The Final Trade
- Buying Fear: How to Own Volatility
- Burned by A&F, Alcoa & More
- Food Network, HGTV Drive Scripps Networks' Upside Surprise
RSS FEED
» Help
powered by digg
Same Store Sales - Best and Worst
Published:
Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 | 11:06 AM ET
Text Size 
By: Ariel Nelson
Director of Market Data & Content Services
Director of Market Data & Content Services
Monthly chain store sales came out this morning with an average decline of 4.9%, which was better than expected. Chain stores represent ~10% of retail sales. As consumer spending represents over two thirds of the US economy, investors look to these numbers as a gauge of economic activity. According to the latest data from Thomson Reuters, here are the best and worst for the month of June.
Same Store Sales - June
Avg drop: -4.9%
Best subgroup: Drugs +2.2%
Worst subgroup: Teen Apparel -13.5%
5 Best and 5 Worst Performers
Biggest Positive and Negative Surprises
 |
Source: Thomson Reuters
Comments? Send them to
© 2009 CNBC.com
- Rumors abound that Oprah will leave her show to start a new network. What would this mean for daytime TV?
- Berkeley's Chez Panisse and the trend of eating locally grown, pesticide-free seasonal foods.
- Cramer did the research and found eight stocks that lead the pack. Read on to get his top picks.
- Did Hideki Matsui’s performance make it more likely that the Yankees will pay to have him back?
- Which wines should you bring—or serve—with holiday meals this year? Ask a connoisseur.
- Two competitors in this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas have stories fit for Hollywood.
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes