U.S. retail and food services sales were up 0.1 percent in January compared to the previous month, adjusting for seasonal variation but not for inflation, according to advance estimates released on February 13 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Total sales were $416.6 billion for the month, 4.4 percent above January 2012 sales. Between November 2012 and January 2013, total sales were up 4.5 percent compared to the same period one year earlier. 

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