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      <title>Why Chipotle Is Going To $400</title>
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        <![CDATA[We just added Chipotle to our coverage universe:<br/><br/><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://bit.ly/teZ8Qm'>http://bit.ly/teZ8Qm</a><br/><br/>Expect 60+ new restaurants &amp; double-digit comps in Q4, 160+ openings in FY 2012 which should juice top-line growth.<br/><br/>However, restaurant-level operating margins have contracted 100 bps through first nine months of the year on the back of higher food costs (+230 bps).]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:12:50 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[We just added Chipotle to our coverage universe:<br/><br/><a rel='nofollow' target='_blank' href='http://bit.ly/teZ8Qm'>http://bit.ly/teZ8Qm</a><br/><br/>Expect 60+ new restaurants &amp; double-digit comps in Q4, 160+ openings in FY 2012 which should juice top-line growth.<br/><br/>However, restaurant-level operating margins have contracted 100 bps through first nine months of the year on the back of higher food costs (+230 bps).]]>
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      <title>Ranking The Top 20 U.S. Chains By Highest Retail Sales Per Square Foot</title>
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        <![CDATA[Walmart breaks down as follows:<br/><br/>U.S. - $418/sq ft, -2.1% YoY<br/>International - $407/sq ft, +3.9% YoY]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:19:10 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Walmart breaks down as follows:<br/><br/>U.S. - $418/sq ft, -2.1% YoY<br/>International - $407/sq ft, +3.9% YoY]]>
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      <title>Retail: March Same-Store Sales Surpass Muted Expectations</title>
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        <![CDATA[Unfortunately, Walmart ceased reporting monthly sales back in 2009. Just 5 years ago, there were over 70 firms reporting and 10 years ago more than 100 retailers released monthly performance data. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Unfortunately, Walmart ceased reporting monthly sales back in 2009. Just 5 years ago, there were over 70 firms reporting and 10 years ago more than 100 retailers released monthly performance data. ]]>
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      <title>March Same-Store Sales Surge to Best Levels Since 1999</title>
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        <![CDATA[Armando &amp; Dagny - I agree with both of your comments - total sales are still well below peak levels from 2007, and this group just represents a small sample of the overall retail environment. However, it is another data point which shows improvement from the very depressed spending levels from a year ago.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:34:10 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Armando &amp; Dagny - I agree with both of your comments - total sales are still well below peak levels from 2007, and this group just represents a small sample of the overall retail environment. However, it is another data point which shows improvement from the very depressed spending levels from a year ago.]]>
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      <title>Retailers Post Stronger than Expected December Same-Store Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[Roughly 80% of Costco's sales come from the U.S., and a large part of the +25% international figure came from foreign currency translation - same-store sales were +10% excluding f/x. It's not perfect, but it's one useful indicator among many...]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:13:34 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Roughly 80% of Costco's sales come from the U.S., and a large part of the +25% international figure came from foreign currency translation - same-store sales were +10% excluding f/x. It's not perfect, but it's one useful indicator among many...]]>
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