Cold weather at the start of October may have encouraged people to buy new boots, but electrical sales were described as "subdued".

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But retail annual like-for-like sales fell 3.2% with weakness in the electrical and computing sector.

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However, the Electrical Products segment got hit with a 27.7% decline in sales.

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He notes that Geodon sales never took off because it causes a change in the electrical rhythms of the heart.

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Demand for electrical goods at Christmas spurred trading at Comet where like-for-like sales were up 6.2%, helped by strong television sales.

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