Statistics Canada announces that the Nov 2005 retail sales advanced at the fastest rate of growth in four months in November, and nearly doubled the pace that of the previous month.
Clothing and accessories stores (+2.5 percent) & miscellaneous retailers (+1.2 percent) in November.
Sales in general merchandise stores, home furnishings stores remained essentially unchanged from October.
In general, non-auto retailers saw their sales decline only twice in the first 11 months of 2005.