Article: Retailers' Oct. same-store sales slip.

RETAILERS' OCT. SAME-STORE SALES SLIP

NEW YORK (FNS) - Department stores continued to feel the squeeze of tightened consumer spending last month, with most reporting a decline in same-store sales despite vigorous apparel business.

Dayton Hudson Corp.; Gottschalks, Inc.; The Gap, Inc., and Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc., scored strong total and same-store gains.

Retailers reporting same-store declines in October include Sears, Roebuck & Co., The May Department Stores Co., the Neiman Marcus Group, J.C. Penney Co. and Carter Hawley Hale Stores. Inc.

The Limited, Inc., said its same-store sales dipped 1 percent despite an overall volume ...

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