January retail sales showed "subtle" signs of the economy's road to recovery with slight increases month to month, the National Retail Federation reported earlier this month.rnExcluding sales of automobiles and gasoline and at restaurants, January retail industry sales increased 0.5% seasonally adjusted month to month. But they decreased 0.2% unadjusted year-over-year.rnRetail sales for the month released by the U.S. Commerce Department proved similar, with retail sales having increased 0.5% seasonally adjusted over December. However, it tracked better adjusted year-over-year results of 3.2%.
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