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The sample size is small – 58 retailers – and the correlation with the official figures for retail sales has tended to be poor.
Official figures for retail sales in December were weak, contributing to the falling prices of retailers' shares earlier this month.
Until recently one bright spot had been upbeat official figures for retail sales.
The core figures for retail sales, which exclude the volatile auto, gas and building supply categories, rose 0.5 percent in July.
The figures for retail sales — which grew rapidly for much of 2011 — have declined in each of the past three months, based on the government's latest numbers.
Pricing data for specific providers is not available, but we do have figures for retail prices across the UK industry as a whole.
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A clearer signal of China's economic health may emerge later Friday when the National Bureau of Statistics announces April figures for industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment.
About 10 percent of loans on industrial property are in trouble, while the figures for offices and retail properties are lower, at around 7 percent.
Kissane was referring to the figures for global apparel retailing, not Gap sales.
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