Kohl’s Corporation reported today that total sales for the four-week month ended August 28, 2010 increased 7.7% over the four-week month ended August 29, 2009. On a comparable store basis, August sales increased 4.5%. Year to date, total sales increased 9.0% and comparable store sales increased 5.7%.


Kevin Mansell, Kohl’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, commented, “Our August results were slightly better than planned. All regions and all lines of business reported positive comparable store sales for the month. The Southeast region continued its strong year-to-date trends with low double-digit comp increases. From a line-of-business perspective, the Home business reported the strongest comparable store sales for the month. Men's and Footwear also outperformed the company average.”


 
















































































Fiscal Period Ended
   
% Change
August 28,   August 29, All   Comp

2010

2009

Stores

Stores
($ in millions)
August   $ 1,416 $ 1,315 7.7 % 4.5 %
Year-to-date 9,551 8,760 9.0 5.7