BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. reported that sales
for November increased 6.4% to $833.6 million from $783.2
million a year ago. Comparable club sales for November 2009
increased by 1.0%.
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| Merchandise comparable club sales | 1.0% | 6.2% | ||||||
Impact of gasoline sales |
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(2.1%) |
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| Comparable club sales | 1.0% | 4.1% | ||||||
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Sales Results for November 2009
($ in thousands)
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$ 833,632 |
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$ 783,246 |
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6.4% |
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1.0% |
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Forty-Three Weeks Ended |
% Change |
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$ 8,049,673 |
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$ 8,083,419 |
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(0.4%) |
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(3.6%) |
The company provided the following additional information regarding
comparable club sales for November 2009:
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Sales increased in weeks one and two, and decreased in weeks three and
four. -
Comparable club sales increased in the Metro New York, New England and
Southeast regions and decreased slightly in the Mid Atlantic and
Upstate New York regions. -
Excluding sales of gasoline, traffic increased by approximately 3%
versus last year. The average transaction amount decreased by
approximately 2% and reflected continued deflation in a number of high
velocity departments, including dairy, eggs, meat, milk, oils &
shortenings, plastic trash bags and televisions.
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Sales of food increased by approximately 2%. Sales of general
merchandise decreased by approximately 1%. -
Departments with strong comparable club sales increases included fresh
bakery, breakfast foods, cigarettes, computers, frozen, health &
beauty, household chemicals, housewares, juices, paper, produce and
residential furniture. Weaker departments versus last year included
apparel, dairy, fresh meat, oils and shortening, sporting goods, trash
bags, televisions and video games.
The company currently operates 186 BJ’s Wholesale clubs in 15 states.
