Given the task definition and input, reply with output. Given a piece of financial news and its polarity, classify it into 'true' if the polarity is correct and classify into 'false' if the polarity is incorrect. Output must be 'true' or 'false'. 

news:Department store sales improved by 14 % to EUR 1,070.6 mn .
polarity:negative

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
user
false