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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-05 13:28 UPDATE 1-Walgreen December same-store sales up 4.9 percent (Interactive Investor)
CHICAGO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Walgreen Co's sales at drugstores open at least a year rose 4.9 percent in December, as shoppers came to its stores for basic necessities, though they stayed away from seasonal items. The company, which posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit in December, said pharmacy same-store sales jumped 8.5 percent. General merchandise, or front-end, same-store sales rose ...

New Zealand's Consumer Spending Rises on Post-Christmas Sales (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's consumer spending rose in December from a year earlier after a surge in transactions in the final week of the month as retailers slashed prices to attract customers.

Economy hits December sales at Walgreen, Rite Aid (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Walgreen Co's sales at drugstores open at least a year rose in December, while Rite Aid Corp's showed a decline as cash-strapped consumers bought just the basics even during the holiday season.

M&S to report dismal high street trading (Times Online)
THE retailer Marks & Spencer will report one of its worst Christmas trading performances in more than 80 years as a public company, laying bare the full extent of the crisis engulfing the high street.

Walgreen, Rite Aid shoppers look for basics in Dec (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Walgreen Co's sales at drugstores open at least a year rose a better-than-expected 4.9 percent in December, as cash-strapped consumers continued to buy basics but shied away from holiday items.