Neiman Marcus, Inc. announced preliminary Company-wide revenues for December 2006. During the five week month of December, sales increased 8.3% to $689 million compared to $637 million during December of last year. Comparable store sales increased 7.1% for the month.
All figures have been adjusted to exclude the revenues of Gurwitch Products, L.L.C. and Kate Spade LLC.
In the five-week December period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 7.3 percent.
Revenue growth trends were the strongest in the Companys stores in the Midwest, Texas and New York City. The merchandise categories in the Specialty Retail Stores segment that performed the strongest included designer handbags, jewelry, womens couture and evening apparel and shoes.
Comparable revenues at Neiman Marcus Direct in the five-week December period increased 5.8 percent. The top selling merchandise categories in the Direct Marketing segment included jewelry, womens apparel and shoes, handbags and mens furnishings.
