US chain store sales rose 2.5 pct last week-Redbook

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Redbook Research on Tuesday released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store sales:

Year-over-year: Week (w/e 12/11/10 vs year ago) 2.5 pct
Year-over-year:Month (Dec 2010 vs Dec 2009) 3.1 pct
Month-over-month: (December 2010 vs November 2010) -0.1 pct
The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index is a sales-weighted index of year-over-year same-store
sales growth in a sample of large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores.