Department store sales in September fell 7.8 percent from a year earlier on a same-store basis, the largest drop for the month since 1965, when comparable data was first compiled, an industry body said Monday.
Department store sales fell for the 19th straight month, the Japan Department Store Association said. Sales in the reporting month totaled ¥476.2 billion.
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