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July 19 – July 26, 2007 Edition
Bookstore Sales
Continue Decline
For Fifth Month
c Year-to-date sales total $6.20 billion through May 2007. Sales in the first five months declined by about the same percent each month. Overall retail sales, however, increased 5.6% in May and gained a total of 4.1% for the first five months of the year.