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Sales at department stores fell 2.3percentt.
Purchases at electronics and appliance stores fell 1.1 percent.
Sales at existing department stores fell 1.7percentt.
Income from the department stores fell 12percentt.
Companies including Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus and Michaels Stores fell into private hands.
That was driven by the internet: sales in Next's stores fell by 2.7%.
Sales at clothing stores declined 0.6 percent from November, and general merchandise stores fell 0.8 percent.
Same-store sales, which exclude sales from new and closed stores, fell 3percentt.
Sales at book, sporting goods and hobby stores fell 0.5percentt after a 0.1percentt decline.
Intimate Brands, which also owns Bath & Body Works stores, fell 37 cents, to $19.33.
Same-store sales at J. C. Penney department stores fell 0.7percentt.
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