The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the month of December, 2005 increased by 4.1% to $82.8 million from sales of $79.5 million in the corresponding five-week period ended January 1, 2005.
Comparable-store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the five-week period ended December 31, 2005 fell 1.3 percent from comparable-store sales for the prior year five-week period ended January 1, 2005.
Net sales year-to-date for the 48-week period ended December 31, 2005 increased 6.3 percent to $473.1 million from sales of $445.2 million for the same 48-week period a year ago. Comparable-store sales year-to-date increased 1.3 percent from comparable-store sales in the same 48-week period last year.
During the five-week period ended December 31, 2005, the Company repurchased 205,000 shares of its common stock at an average price of $32.71 per share. These shares were purchased pursuant to the 500,000 share corporate stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on October 12, 2005. The Company has 241,500 shares remaining to be purchased to complete this authorization.
