Fourth quarter sales down 3 percent year-over-year.
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Year-to-date sales increased 3.2 percent year-over-year.
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Year-to-date sales down 1.5 percent from same period in 2014.
Sales for the first nine months up 1.8 percent year-over-year.
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Year-to-date sales down 0.7 percent year-over-year.