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Outdoor home supplies sales increase by 1.4% in Aug

24 Oct '06
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Retail sales in outdoor home supplies sector increased by 1.4 percent in August. Sales in this sector have been generally on the rise with only one month of decline since November 2005.

Furniture, home furnishings and electronic stores' sales advanced 1.3 percent, continuing four consecutive months of sales gains.

General merchandise stores (+1.0 percent), clothing and accessories stores (+1.0 percent), personal care stores (+0.6 percent) also posted higher sales.

Only one sector, miscellaneous retailers (-0.6 percent), experienced a sales decline in August.

Despite increases in sales at clothing stores (+0.7 percent) and shoe, clothing accessories and jewellery stores (+2.0 percent) in August, sales in both types of stores have levelled off in the recent months after a period of strong gains.

Statistics Canada

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