CANADA RETAIL SALES FALL 0.1 PCT IN JANUARY

  Canada's retail sales, seasonally
  adjusted, fell 0.1 pct in January after gaining 0.9 pct in
  December, Statistics Canada said.
      Retail sales fell to 11.98 billion dlrs from 11.99 billion
  dlrs in December, 1986. Unadjusted sales were 6.9 pct higher
  than in January, 1986.
      In January, automobile sales fell 1.9 pct, department store
  sales slipped 3.2 pct and variety stores sales plunged 14 pct.
  The declines were offset by a 5.5 pct increase in grocery store
  sales and a 9.9 pct gain in hardware sales.
  

