The International segment consists of retail sales of consumer products and subscriptions through internationally focused locations.
Retail sales on Black Friday were 6.6 percent higher this year than last year.
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Typically enough, Italy lags behind many other European countries in reporting retail sales months.
Thus the number vehicles sold collapsed, but retail sales of vehicles fell on slightly.
This means that retail sales are still modestly trending up even as vehicle sales fall.
Mr Bezos reckons online retailers might capture 10-15% of retail sales over the next decade.
Also in Australia, retail sales unexpectedly fell in March following two months of strong gains.
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The National Retail Federation is predicting an overall 2.2% increase in retail sales.
The trademarked event started four years ago, when retail sales were anything but vibrant.
Retail sales are expected to grow this Christmas, but at a slower pace than last year.
This fashion trend has been confirmed by recently reported retail sales where high-end retailers, i.e.
On an annualized basis, the retail sales decline was the smallest in seven months.
Total retail sales declined 1% in September, which is near the lows of previous recessions.
He said the manufacturing sector is recovering and retail sales were up 1 percent in June.
In the middle of 2012, however, we saw a general weakening of retail sales growth.
In the U.S., retail sales rose 0.8% in July, exceeding expectations of a 0.2% rise.
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In December, China retail sales rose 15.2% December and 14.9% in the fourth quarter.
Last week, UK retail sales figures showed an unexpectedly large drop of 0.6% for January.
The consumer sector accelerated in July, as retail sales increased 7.8% yoy versus 5.6% in July.
Fixed asset investment was up as was industrial production and retail sales, although these numbers disappointed.
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Overall holiday retail sales rose 4.1% in 2011, according to the National Retail Federation.
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In the U.S., retail sales came in flat for August after a 0.3% gain in July.
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said like-for-like retail sales were up 2.7% on the previous year.
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To adjust for this variable timing, we compared January 2013 retail sales to January 2010.
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Reported retail sales (including restaurants) fell 14.7% y-o-y compared to a 16.2% y-o-y decline in 2012.
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However, overall retail sales are up 25% in units and relatively flat in revenue.
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