19 June 2001, 17:00  Redbook says US June retailer sales -1.3% vs May

New York, June 19 (BridgeNews) - U.S. retailer sales through the second week of June ending June 16 were down 1.3% from May on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Instinet Redbook Research weekly survey said. That compares with a 1.1% decline in the first week of June. * * * In the latest week, sales were "modestly higher" compared with the previous week. Business picked up throughout the nation due to warmer temperatures which helped lift seasonal goods, the report said. Father's Day sales were generally good as expected, it also said. Further, household goods generally held up "pretty well," with the Northeast and the West showing the strongest sales performance, the report said. On a year over year basis, sales were up 1.4% compared with the month of June 2000 and up 1.6% compared with the same week last year

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