The Buckle, Inc. reported that sales for the five-week period ended April 3, 2004 increased 18.4% to $38.1 million from sales of $32.2 million in the corresponding five-week period ended April 5, 2003.

Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the five-week period ended April 3, 2004 increased 14.2 percent from comparable store sales for the prior year five-week period ended April 5, 2003.

Net sales year-to-date, for the nine weeks ended April 3, 2004 increased 16.9 percent to $67.4 million from $57.7 million for the corresponding nine weeks in the prior year. Comparable store sales year-to-date were up 12.8 percent from sales in the same nine-week period of the previous year.