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Investor's Business Daily - Comparable-store sales rose 0.3% in the week ended March 31 from the prior week, according to the Int'l Council of Shopping Centers and UBS. Comps grew 4.9% vs. a year earlier. ICSC estimates March same-store sales rose 4%-5% as shoppers bought Easter-related items, inflating monthly sales at the expense of April. |