CHICAGO – September 30, 2008 - ShopperTrak RCT Corporation's National Retail Sales Estimate™ (NRSE) today reported that week-over-week retail sales for the week ending September 27 as compared to the previous week ending September 20 fell 0.4 percent, while year-over-year sales rose 4.9 percent as compared to a rather weak shopping period in 2007.

Year-over-year sales posted a slight increase for the sixth consecutive week, but as last week this rise once again indicates weakness during the same seven-day period in 2007 as opposed to retail sales strength this year. The slight week-over-week retail sales decrease experienced last week better represents current retail performance and is more in line with ShopperTrak’s September monthly projection of a 1.8 percent gain over last year.

“Although the recent financial crisis does not seem to have immediately caused a precipitous decline in retail shopping, we’re rather cautious about the near term GAFO retail sales performance,” said Bill Martin, co-founder of ShopperTrak. “And even though our September monthly numbers won’t be announced until next week, our slight 1.8 percent year-over-year projection indicates the overall weakness in the current retail marketplace.” Martin continued: “Needless to say, retailers will be paying close attention to this trend heading into the critical holiday shopping season.”

Developed by ShopperTrak, the NRSE provides a nationwide benchmark of retail sales. It is derived from the U.S. Commerce Department's GAFO (general merchandise, apparel, furniture, sporting goods, electronics, hobby, books and other related store sales) statistic, as well as ShopperTrak's proprietary industry intelligence on shopper movement and sales statistics. This gives retailers, investors and policy makers the most accurate and timely information on consumer trends available today.

A privately held entity, ShopperTrak leverages 20 years of retail expertise to be the industry's authority for information and analysis of the movement of shoppers in retail environments. ShopperTrak's cutting-edge shopper tracking products and indices offer retail intelligence solutions that enable companies to better understand retail trends and the impact of store and staff performance on company revenues. With more than 50,000 units installed in the world's best known retail outlets and malls, the company's solutions also provide a proven means for retailers to gauge labor efficiencies, advertising and marketing efforts, store design and remodeling programs, merchandise changes, associate training programs, and other budget-intensive strategic initiatives. For more information visit http://www.shoppertrak.com.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The data contained within this news release is the property of ShopperTrak RCT Corporation and may be reprinted, published or broadcast, provided proper credit is given to the National Retail Sales Estimate (NRSE) and ShopperTrak RCT Corporation as the supplier of the information. Please contact Aaron Martin at 312-943-9100 if you have any questions concerning the use of this data.