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Article: Retail Sales Show a Healthy Pulse in October.
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- Home Textiles Today
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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By Jennifer Marks
New York--Retail sales showed signs of life in October -- in some cases, robustly so.
TJX was once again a big winner, and it posted the kinds of comps in home that retailers haven't seen since the glory days of the housing boom.
Home camps at the U.S. MarMaxx Group rose 14% last month, while comps at the Home Goods division rocketed up 18%, according to the company.
Total comps both MarMaxx and A.J. Wright climbed 12% during the month. The pace was decidedly less brisk at the Winners/Home Sense division in Canada, where comps rose just 1%.
Carol Meyrowitz, president and ceo of The TJX Companies, said the ...