US DATA: Redbook sales for Apr 23: “Last minute Easter related
purchases drove demand for boys and girls apparel, footwear and Easter
seasonal goods such as candy. Sales results also reflected performance
after taking into account the fact that most stores were closed on
Easter Sunday and thus compared six shopping days versus seven on a
year-over-year basis. Weather conditions were varied across the country,
sunny and warm in some regions, but unseasonably cool and wet in others.
Stores relying on spring driven apparel reported mixed results for the
week depending on their regional weighting.
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Year-over-year: Week (w/e 04/23/11 vs year-ago) 5.3%
Year-over-year: Month (April 2011 vs April 2010) 5.0%
Month-over-month: (April 2011 vs March 2011) 1.2%