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October supermarket sales drop 1.1%, down for 22nd month
Japan’s supermarket sales in October fell 1.1 percent from a year before on a same-store basis due to sluggish sales of autumn clothing because of the lingering heat wave until the first half of that month, an industry group said Thursday.
[KYODO]
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While low-cost carriers have since long been successfully operating throughout the U.S., Europe, and southern Asia, Japan has seen very little of the low-price action.
