US DATA: ICSC sales for Feb 19 wk: index is 505.0 for +3.0% YOY and
+2.6% WOW. “ICSC-Goldman Sachs (ICSC-GS) chain-store sales index for the
latest week ending on February 19 jumped by 2.6%, which more than offset
the prior week’s decline. The recent rollercoaster pattern is not
uncommon at times of low volume and high noise from weather and other
seemingly small factors that get amplified. During the past week ending
Saturday, the warm weather tease during the period seemingly helped to
propel customer traffic.”