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Retail Sales: Did Lady Gaga Boost Results?

Retail sales were up 0.6 percent from the previous month, better than the consensus estimate of 0.4 percent. Excluding autos, September sales were up 0.4 percent, matching analysts' expectations. Maybe the 17.7 percent year over year jump in Halloween spending had something to do with the good results.

I discussed retail trends for the holiday season with CBS2 this morning:

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