The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003 increased 0.8 percent to $66.7 million from sales of $66.2 million in the corresponding five-week period ended January 5, 2002.

Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003 were down 1.9 percent from comparable store sales for the prior year five-week period ended January 5, 2002.


Net sales year-to-date, for the 48 weeks ended January 4, 2003 increased 3.3 percent to $379.5 million from $367.4 million for the corresponding 48 weeks in the prior year. Comparable store sales year-to-date were down 0.8 percent from comparable store sales in the same 48-week period of the previous year.