Retail Sales Rise More Than Expected
Reuters  | January 13, 2005
 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales jumped a more-than-expected 1.2 percent in December, the government said on Thursday, as car dealers, furniture stores and on-line retailers reported strong sales.

Retail sales in all of 2004 jumped 8.0 percent, the biggest gain since 1999, the Commerce Department (news -web sites) said.
 

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