WEEK ENDING INDEX 1977=100 YEAR/YEAR CHANGE WEEKLY CHANGE

(percent) (percent)

Jan 29 488.2 1.6 -1.0

Jan 22 493.2 2.8 -1.2

Jan 15 499.1 1.4 -0.1

Jan 8 499.4 3.5 -3.2

ICSC Research said it is cutting its January forecast for industry sales growth to 1.5 to 2.0 percent because of bad weather that month. Last week, it said it expected same-store sales for January to rise by about 2.0 percent.

The ICSC weekly U.S. retail chain store sales index is a joint publication between ICSC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It measures nominal same-store sales, excluding restaurant and vehicle demand, and represents about 75 retail chain stores.