{"id":142102,"date":"2021-08-25T10:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T01:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142102&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-25T10:12:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T01:12:26","slug":"department-store-sales-up-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/department-store-sales-up-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Store Sales Up in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department stores in Fukuoka City reported an 8% increase in sales for July. According to a Japan Department Stores Association report, monthly sales of the four stores totaled \u00a516 billion. Monthly sales for those shops surpassed that previous year for the fifth straight month. Meanwhile, department stores sales dropped by 0.8% in other prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.depart.or.jp\/store_sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Department Stores Association<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/commercial-fukuoka.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/commercial-fukuoka.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/commercial-fukuoka.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/commercial-fukuoka.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/commercial-fukuoka.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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