According to this article:
“sales go up, nearly 3% for the month” but later it says: “sales are still down almost 24% year over year.” Am I right in interpreting this as meaning that the (very early) beginning of the spring selling season shows a modest increase from January, but sales are still down year over year by 24% despite having a slightly longer month? The article is somewhat unclear (unintentionally, I’m sure) about whether the increase is compared to the previous month or the February a year ago.