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Cool weather hurts retail sales

Thursday, June 6, 2002 | 9:49 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Unusually cool weather stifled consumer demand for shorts, T-shirts and other seasonable merchandise during May, leaving many of the nation's biggest retailers with disappointing sales.

But companies like Kohl's Corp. and TJX Cos. Inc., which have managed to beat an overall sluggish retail trend, once again reported solid sales gains today as big stores released monthly results.

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