Retail sales increased a bit last month, but are still down from where they were at the same time last year.

Retail sales increased 0.6% in June but were 9% below June 2008. From April to June, retail sales were down 9.6% from the same period last year.

Total retail and food sales in June were $342.1 billion, compared with $339.9 billion in May.

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