U.S. retailers' sales rose 2.3% last week

By DailyHerald.com

U.S. retail sales rose the most last week since February as consumers bought Easter gifts and clothing.

Sales at stores open at least a year advanced 2.3 percent from the same week a year earlier, the International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS Securities LLC said today in a statement. Retail sales probably increased as much as 2 percent in April, the group reiterated.

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