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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 8, 1994                   TAG: 9407270087
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: from staff and wire reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


SALES BACK IN FASHION

Clothing sales sprang back to life in June, ending a more than yearlong slump and helping most of the nation's biggest retailers report strong business during the month . Sales figures released by store owners Thursday

showed that department stores and retailers that sell clothes in the moderate-to-upper price range did particularly well.

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