Wednesday, May 9, 2007

April apparel sales hurt by weather, Easter

(Reuters) - The April decline dragged the three-month moving average for women's apparel sales down to a fall of 0.3 percent, the worst level in more than a year, according SpendingPulse, a retail data service of MasterCard Advisors, which is part of MasterCard Worldwide.

That compares with an average of up 3.1 percent in the three months ended in March, Michael McNamara, vice president of research and analysis for SpendingPulse, said.


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