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Big-ticket items are acting as a serious drag on retail sales.

Amidst the depressing econ data released earlier this month, this is an especially concerning trend.

The details: Sales of big-ticket items fell 2.3% y/y in July. Digging into the details, July sales of specific goods saw:

Automobiles...