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<p style="font-style: normal;"><span style=" 115%;  background: white;">According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, even with low gas prices, retail sales were down in January of 2015. However, restaurants were one of the sectors that saw a boost in the first month of the year. </span></p><div><span style="  background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Wall Street Journal&nbsp;r</span><span style="font-style: normal;   color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">eporter Ben Leubsdorf spoke with&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: normal;   background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Smoothie King President and COO Tom O&#8217;Keefe, who noted that lower gas prices have played a role in the company&#8217;s early 2015 success. Ben noted that Smoothie King enjoyed an 18 percent same-store sales surge in December 2014 over December 2013, and in January of this year are already up 16 percent from last year.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;   background-color: #ffffff;">&#8220;If there&#8217;s more money in people&#8217;s pockets, if gas is less expensive, then that&#8217;s going to contribute to our business,&#8221; O&#8217;Keefe was quoted as saying.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;">Read more by clicking <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-retail-sales-fell-0-8-in-january-1423747958?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=smoothie-king-featured-in-the-wall-street-journal-discussing-boost-in-sales-as-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-1174" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>

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Smoothie King, a New Orleans-based franchise, has seen an uptick in restaurant sales even though retail sales reported a decline. 

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