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Wal-Mart, Target and Costco all saw same-store gains....
November and December are offering a better outlook, experts say....
Wal-Mart Stores comps grow 3.0 percent as Target shows a 6.1 percent gain....
Luxury stores outperformed other retail sectors during the month, growing their comparable-store sales 10.3 percent....
As the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 suffered nearly 3 percent declines...
