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Retail Rundown: May Same Store Sales Figures Seem to Suggest Strength in the Sector is Waning

June 4, 2009 3:44 PM EDT
As today was the first Thursday of the month, retail companies released their sales results for the month of May. The big news related to the same store sales today was that the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), did not report monthly sales results. The lack of such a large chunk of the market has prompted many traders to question the validity of such a data point.

While it is hard to tell from a broad view whether the results were better or worse than expected, investor seem to be booing the data today as nearly every major retailer is trading down.

Below are some highlights from just a few of the numerous retail sales reports which were released earlier:
To see all the same sales results in real-time, stay tuned to StreetInsider.com's Retail Sales category.

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