U.S. retail sales rose during week
Published: April 15, 2008 at 9:06 AM
The increase follows a 0.7 percent increase for the week ending April 5, which followed two weeks of declines.
On a year-over-year basis sales on the week grew by 1.8 percent "it's strongest performance since March 1," the report said.
The weather, 6.4 degrees warmer on average than the same week a year ago, helped retailers, the report said, "but the economic headwinds for the consumer continue to strengthen with gasoline prices moving to a new record high."
Gas prices for unleaded regular averaged $3.389 per gallon during the week in the United States, the report said.
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