Consumers went back-to-school shopping in August -- the kids did need a few things, after all -- but they insisted on getting the best deals for the money, according to monthly sales reports from many of the nation's biggest retailers. U.S. chain store sales rose 3.2 percent in established stores over the same month last year, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, a trade group in New York. That figure includes 31 retail chains but not the biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, which...
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