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FULL TEXT - Canada May retail sales

OTTAWA, July 26 (Reuters) - Statistics Canada issued the following data on Monday: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retail Trade May2004 Retailers sold$28.6billion worth of goods and services in May, an increase of0.5% from April, when sales fell0.8%. May's gain marked the fourth increase in five months. Previously, retailers had suffered four consecutive monthly sales declines at the end of2003, after experiencing a period of general