The Buckle, Inc. net sales for the five-week period ended February 3, 2007 increased 43.3% to $40.1 million from net sales of $28.0 million for the four-week period ended January 28, 2006. Comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the five-week period ended February 3, 2007 increased 7.8% from comparable store net sales for the prior year five-week period ended February 4, 2006.
January 2007 was a five-week period, ending The Buckle, Inc.'s 53-week fiscal year. The prior January was a four-week period, ending a 52-week fiscal year.
Net sales for the 14-week fourth quarter ended February 3, 2007 increased 14.1 percent to $175.0 million compared to net sales of $153.4 million for the 13-week fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. Comparable store net sales for the fourth quarter rose 4.8 percent from comparable store net sales for the same 14-week period last year.
Net sales year-to-date for the 53-week period ended February 3, 2007 increased 5.8 percent to $530.1 million from net sales of $501.1 million for the 52-week period ended January 28, 2006. Comparable store net sales year-to-date were flat compared to the same 53-week period last year.