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Department store sales fall for 11th straight year
Department store sales in Japan fell 0.5 percent in 2007 from the previous year to 7.71 trillion yen on a same store basis, extending their losing streak to 11 years.
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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.
