Despite heavy snow in some regions and in contrast to the usual pattern of slower consumer purchasing in the winter, retail sales rose 0.3%, the Commerce Department reported today.
February's figures were 3.9% higher than those of February 2009 and sales from December 2009 through February 2010 were 4.5% higher than the same period last year.
Total retail and food sales in February were $355.5 billion, compared with January's revised figure of $354.3 billion and $342.3 billion in February 2009.
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