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US sporting goods sales buck flat retail sales in July

20/08/2001

Statistics released by the US Department of Commerce last week show that sales of sporting goods were especially strong during July, despite flat retail sales overall during the month Job worries among US consumers meant retail activity remained in the doldrums for the second month in a row, with sales of automobiles and gasoline being especially hard hit.

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