The Buckle's sales for the four-week period ended May 1, 2004 increased 13.7% to $27.3 million from sales of $24.0 million in the corresponding four-week period ended May 3, 2003. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the four-week period ended May 1, 2004 increased 8.6% from comparable store sales for the prior year four-week period ended May 3, 2003.
Net sales year-to-date, for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2004 increased 15.9 percent to $94.7 million from $81.7 million for the corresponding thirteen weeks in the prior year. Comparable store sales year-to-date were up 11.6 percent from sales in the same thirteen-week period of the previous year.