date:Aug 19, 2013
a year earlier, industry consultant Autodata Corp said.
Wall Street analysts expect home improvement chain Home Depot to report same-store sales rose 7 percent, the biggest gain of any major retailer Thomson Reuters tracks.
Outside of home improvement and cars, many retailers say economic conditions were less than ideal.
In July, U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring, with the number of jobs outside of farming increasing less than economists expected.
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