Zumiez Inc.announced that total net sales for the five-week period ended October 6, 2018 decreased 8.0 percent to $77.7 million compared to $84.4 million for the five-week period ended September 30, 2017.

The decrease in net sales was driven by a shift in the retail calendar negatively impacting fiscal September 2018 growth by approximately $8.0 million compared with fiscal September 2017. The company’s comparable sales increased 1.2 percent for the five-week period ended October 6, 2018 compared to a comparable sales increase of 9.3 percent for the five-week period ended September 30, 2017.