Nov 10 (Reuters) - The International Council of Shopping
Centers and Goldman Sachs on Tuesday released the following
seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store
retail sales.
WEEK ENDING INDEX 1977=100 YEAR/YEAR CHANGE WEEKLY CHANGE

(percent) (percent)
Nov 7 490.9 2.9 -0.1
Oct 31 491.3 1.9 0.1
Oct 24 490.8 2.4 0.1
Oct 17 490.3 2.8 0.2

ICSC Research expects same-store sales for November could be
as strong as 5.0-8.0 percent for the month but currently sales
are tracking under that easy-comparison inflated pace. In
November 2008, sales tumbled by an historic 7.7 percent.

The ICSC weekly U.S. retail chain store sales index is a
joint publication between ICSC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It
measures nominal same-store sales, excluding restaurant and
vehicle demand, and represents about 75 retail chain stores.