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Costco Reports 10% Comp Store Sales Gain for October

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.26 billion for the four weeks ended October 30, 2005, an increase of 12% from $3.79 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Same-store sales increased 10% for the month…

Bakers Footwear Q3 Sales Climb 33.9%; Comps Up 21%

Bakers Footwear Group third quarter net sales increased 33.9% to $43.2 million up from $32.3 million in 2004. Comparable store sales in the third quarter increased 21.0% compared to a 7.6% decrease in the same period last year. For the thirty-nine week ye

Wal-Mart Gets Gasoline Boost in October; Comps Up 4.3%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for October were up 10.5$ to $23.3 billion, comapred to $21.0 billion in October last year. Comp store sales were up 4.3% for the period, with Wal-Mart stores comping up 3.9% and Sam's Club posting a 6.7% gai

Stein Mart October Comps Rise 2.4%

Stein Mart, Inc. reported that total sales for the month of Ocober rose 2.4% to $112.8 million from $110.1 million in the same month last year. Comp store sales for the month were up 1.4%. Third quarter sales were up 1.8% to $336.5 million, with comps i

DSW Sees Oct. Comps Rise 8.9%

For the month of October, DSW Inc. reported a total sales increase of 20.4% to $112.6 million from $93.5 million last year. Comparable store sales increased 8.9% for the four-week period. Comparable store sales for the same period last year increased 6.7%

TJX October Sales Up4%; Comps Slip 2%

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended October 29, 2005, were $1.32 billion, up 4% over the $1.27 billion achieved during the four-week period ended October 30, 2004.Consolidated comparable store sales for the month decrease

Target Exceeds Guidance with 5.7% October Comps Increase

Target Corporation's net retail sales from continuing operations for the month of October increased 11.6% to $3.694 billion from $3.311 billion for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 5.7%

Foot Locker Q3 Comps Increase 2.7% on 3% Sales Gain

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales increased 3.0% for the third quarter ended October 29, 2005 to $1,407 million, from $1,366 million druing last year's quarter. Comparable store sales increased 2.7% for the third quarter. For the 39-week, year-to-date

Target October Comps Rise 5.7%; Sales Jump 11.6%

Target Corporation reported that net retail sales for the month of October increased 11.6% to $3.694 billion from $3.311 billion last year. Comparable-store sales increased 5.7% for the month. The sales plan for the month originally called for a comparabl

Saks Comps Up 4.6%; Sales Fall 10.8% for October

Saks Inc. announced that for the month of October, comparable store sales increased 4.6% and total sales decreased 10.8% to $436.7 million from $489.7 million for the same month last year. By segment, comparable store sales decreased 0.1% for SDSG and inc

Shoe Pavilion Q3 Sales Jump 20.1%; Comps Up 7.8%

Shoe Pavilion, Inc. announced net sales for the third quarter increased to $24.8 million, a 20.1% jump from $20.7 million for the same period last year. Comparable store net sales increased 7.8% for the quarter. Comparable store net sales for the nine mon

Retail Ventures Comps Climb 6.7% in October

Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the four weeks ended October 29, 2005, increased 12.4% to $260.6 million from $231.8 million for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004. The company's same store sales increased 6.7% for the four week period…

Federated Sees October Comps Slip 0.7%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported comparable-store sales for the month of October slipped 0.7%. Total sales inlcuding the recently acquired May Company stores were $2.138 billion, an increase of 92.9% compared to total sales of $1.108 billion in

Citi Trends Sees October Comps Jump 37%

Citi Trends, Inc. reported total net sales for the four-week period ended October 29, 2005 increased 64.9% to $22.7 million compared with $13.8 million for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 37.0% for the month c