The Buckle, Inc. saw net sales for the month of July decrease 3.5% to $34.0 million from $35.2 million during the same month last year. Comparable store net sales for the month declined 7.6%.

Net sales for the second quarter ended July 29, 2006 decreased 1.7 percent to $102.4 million compared to net sales of $104.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2005. Comparable store net sales for the second quarter declined 5.7 percent from comparable store net sales for the same 13-week period last year.

Net sales year-to-date for the 26-week period ended July 29, 2006 increased 1.1 percent to $212.0 million from net sales of $209.7 million for the same 26-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales year-to-date declined 3.4 percent from comparable store net sales for the same 26-week period last year.

During the four week period ended July 29, 2006, the company repurchased 12,200 shares of its common stock at an average price of $38.74 per share. These shares were purchased pursuant to the 1,000,000 share corporate stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors. The company has 596,100 shares remaining to be purchased to complete this authorization.