date:Mar 08, 2013
ame-store sales were -5.0% in February, according to theConsumer Willingess to Spend Index -- worse by 5.4% thanJanuarys result of +0.4%. The first two weeks in February hadsame store sales of -7.8% negative, influenced by very bad winterweather. The last two weeks of the month, ending on Sunday,February 24, posted same store sales of -2.6%. Same-store trafficresults showed a decline of 6.2%, worse than January by 3.1%.