The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003 increased 12.5 percent to $41.5 million from sales of $36.8 million in the corresponding five-week period ended October 5, 2002.

Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the five- week period ended October 4, 2003 increased 6.5 percent from comparable store sales for the prior year five-week period ended October 5, 2002.

Net sales year-to-date, for the 35 weeks ended October 4, 2003 increased 4.1 percent to $257.0 million from $246.9 million for the corresponding 35 weeks in the prior year. Comparable store sales year-to-date were up 0.1 percent from sales in the same 35-week period of the previous year.