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8:30am 12/13/04 U.S. OCT. RETAIL SALES REVISED TO UP 0.8% VS 0.2 PREV.
8:30am 12/13/04 U.S. NOV RETAIL SALES EX-AUTOS UP 0.5% VS 0.3% FORECAST
8:30am 12/13/04 U.S. NOV RETAIL SALES UP 0.1% VS. FORECAST OF NO CHANGE


U.S. Nov. retail sales up 0.1%; Oct. sales revised up

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- U.S. retail sales rose 0.1 percent in November, Commerce Department figures show Monday.
Excluding autos, retail sales rose 0.5 percent.
The gains are slightly firmer than expected.
The consensus forecast of Wall Street economists was for November retail sales to be flat and for ex-auto sales to increase 0.3 percent.
Sales for October were revised higher than initially forecast.
Sales rose a revised 0.8 percent in October, much stronger than the initial estimate of a 0.2 percent increase.