Neiman Marcus, Inc. reported comparable store sales rose 0.4% to $425 million for fiscal March. Overall net sales increased 1.8% to $430 million for the month from $423 million last year. In the five-week March period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, decreased 0.2%.


Revenue growth trends were the strongest in the company’s stores in Texas and the Southeast. The merchandise categories in the Specialty Retail Stores segment that performed the strongest included designer handbags, shoes, precious jewelry and fine apparel.


Comparable revenues at Neiman Marcus Direct in the five-week March period increased 3.4%. The top selling merchandise categories in the Direct Marketing segment included women’s apparel and shoes.