APT Index: January Retail Sales Comps Fall -1.6% Nationwide in Analysis of Data from Over 50,000 Locations
Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 24, 2014 -- As a supplement to recently announced analysis of retail sales across the United States for the month of January using data from the APT Index, Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) today released a graphic illustrating the five areas of the country that suffered the greatest decline in year over year January retail sales due to the month's harsh weather.
The APT Index shows a -1.6% decrease in nationwide retail sales during January 2014, compared to the same month last year. The decrease was driven by fewer transactions, as fewer people went shopping in the cold and snowy weather. Regionally, the top five metro areas where retail sales were hit the hardest in January were New York, NY (-9.0%), Chicago, IL (-7.1%), Detroit, MI (-6.7%), Philadelphia, PA (-5.5%) and Baltimore, MD (-5.0%). The APT Index also includes specific data on other areas around the country.
The original release can be viewed at: http://www.predictivetechnologies.com/newsroom/press-releases/2014/apt-index-january-retail-sales-comps-fall-16-nationwide-in-analysis-of-data-from-over-50,000-locations.aspx
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Cathy Baker, Applied Predictive Technologies, http://www.predictivetechnologies.com, +1 703.875.7748, [email protected]
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