UPDATE 1-Mexico retailers Jan same-store sales up 0.8 pct

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MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Mexican retailers group ANTAD said on Monday its members' same-store sales edged up 0.8 percent in January compared with the same month a year ago.

Same-store sales, a key performance gauge for stores that have been open for at least 12 months, rose by a stronger 1.6 percent in January 2007.

Supermarkets, restaurants and department stores had a rough ride in 2007, hurt by declining remittances from Mexicans living in the United States and by a cooling local economy.

The National Association of Retailers, or ANTAD, has Wal-Mart de Mexico (WALMEXV.MX: Quote, Profile, Research), Soriana (SORIANAB.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) and Comercial Mexicana (COMEUBC.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) among its key members.

ANTAD Chairman Jose Manuel Sanchez said in January he saw same-store sales rising 1 percent this year, the same as in 2007. (Reporting by Gabriela Lopez; Editing by Andrea Ricci)