The Bloomberg Year-to-Date Same-Store Sales Index rose 2.41 percent, compared to a year ago.
The Bloomberg Same-Store Sales Index for department stores fell 1.94 percent. The discount stores index rose 5.44 percent, the specialty/apparel stores index fell 4.11 percent and the warehouse clubs index rose 5.64 percent.
There were 52 weeks in the latest year-to-date period.
The indexes are weighted averages of 41 retailers’ net sales of stores open at least a year.
