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US retailers post upbeat sales numbers
Businesses shrug off investors' concerns that Paris attacks will chill consumer sentiment for year-end sales
Published Wed, Nov 18, 2015 · 09:50 PM
New York
ROBUST sales numbers from Walmart, Home Depot and TJX on Tuesday are helping to ease concerns over the US consumer's health in the countdown to the Black Friday sales.
And some retailers also seemed to shrug off concerns that the Paris attacks would chill consumer sentiment heading into the Thanksgiving sales weekend.
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