US DATA: ICSC says “The weekly roller coaster pattern facing
retailers this October continued as retail sales were on the upswing and
improved slightly this past week. Overall for the week ending October
23, 2010, sales rose by 0.3 percent, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs
Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. On a year-over-year basis, retail sales
momentum has remained sluggish, but rose by 1.9 percent.”