Costco Wholesale, warehouse-club store chain, reported that July sales rose 11%, while same-store sales rose 7%, slightly above estimate of a 6.8% rise. Bebe Stores, retailer, said same-store sales rose 10% in July, exceeding expectations of a 4% climb. Limited Brands said its July same-store sales rose 7%, beating estimates of 4.5%. Mother’s Work said July same-store sales rose 3.9%, slightly beating analyst expectations of a 3.3% rise.
Nordstrom, the pricey department-store retailer, said same-store sales climbed 5.3%, ahead of analyst forecast of a 4.6% gain. Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee chain, said same-store sales rose 6%. Federated Department Stores posted same-store sales rise of 3.3%, slightly higher than forecasts of 3.2%. Total sales rose 61.3% to $998 million. For Q2 Federated said total sales rose 65.5% to about $6 billion. Federated expects same-store sales to increase by 3% to 4% in August.
Chico-s FAS, retailer, said same-store sales rose 4.9% in July from the same period a year ago, but came in below the estimated figure of 5.6%. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world''s largest retailer, posted a 2.4% rise in July sales from stores open at least a year, matching forecast. Gap Inc., the apparel retailer, posted a 4% drop in July sales from stores open at least a year.
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| 2006 SAME-STORE SALES | | Company | Ticker | July | June | May | April | March | February | January | | Apparel Retailers | | Abercrombie & Fitch | ANF | 3.00% | -4.00% | 3.00% | 6.50% | 31.00% | 31.00% | 33.00% | | Aeropostale | ARO | -1.90% | 5.30% | -1.10% | 8.40% | -9.30% | -5.40% | 12.30% | | AmericanEagle | AEOS | 7.00% | 11.00% | 11.00% | 19.00% | 3.00% | 6.00% | 11.30% | | AnnTaylor | ANN | 5.10% | 12.50% | 12.00% | 10.90% | 0.80% | 5.60% | 10.90% | | Bebe | BEBE | 10.00% | 3.50% | 1.60% | 5.70% | 4.10% | 1.60% | 9.80% | | Buckle | BKE | 5.90% | -5.90% | -3.80% | 1.00% | -3.70% | 2.20% | 3.00% | | Cato | CTR | 1.00% | -3.00% | -2.00% | 2.00% | -4.00% | -7.00% | 6.00% | | CharmingShoppes | CHRS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11.00% | 8.00% | | Chico's | CHS | 4.90% | 5.10% | 7.20% | 5.40% | 8.40% | 5.70% | 14.60% | | Children'sPlace, The | PLCE | 15.00% | 14.00% | 18.00% | 22.00% | 6.00% | 1.00% | 9.00% | | Christopher & Banks | CBK | 10.00% | 10.00% | 8.00% | 13.00% | -6.00% | -6.00% | -3.00% | | CitiTrends | CTRN | 7.70% | 4.30% | 10.80% | 21.00% | 12.80% | 34.00% | 22.70% | | Claires | CLE | 2.00% | 2.00% | 4.00% | 9.00% | -3.00% | 4.00% | 9.00% | | DebShops | DEBS | -9.60% | -4.90% | 1.40% | 4.00% | -1.10% | 11.60% | 11.60% | | Dillards | DDS | -3.00% | -1.00% | 3.00% | 2.00% | -1.00% | -2.00% | 3.00% | | DressBarn | DBRN | 5.00% | 6.00% | 9.00% | 15.00% | 2.00% | 7.00% | 16.00% | | Federated Dept. | FD | 3.30% | 1.70% | 9.20% | -0.80% | 1.00% | 1.00% | -1.00% | | Gap | GPS | -4.00% | -6.00% | -6.00% | -3.00% | 13.00% | 11.00% | -1.00% | | Gottschalks | GOT | -0.70% | 0.30% | 2.80% | 0.30% | -3.60% | 2.70% | 0.30% | | Guess | GES | 10.70% | 11.70% | 20.00% | 22.60% | 8.10% | 8.60% | 31.00% | | Gymboree | GYMB | 6.00% | 9.00% | 24.00% | 19.00% | 10.00% | 18.00% | 2.00% | | Hot Topic | HOTT | -5.50% | -3.40% | -6.00% | -6.50% | -12.70% | NA | -0.70% | | J.C. Penney | JCP | 3.60% | 4.30% | 11.10% | 2.60% | -1.00% | 2.30% | 2.50% | | Jo-AnnStores | JAS | -6.60% | 8.50% | -4.20% | -5.40% | -3.10% | -3.70% | -3.20% | | Jos.A.Bank |
JOSB | 15.90% | 8.50% | 7.10% | 17.80% | 4.40% | 3.30% | 20.40% | | Kohl's | KSS | 5.90% | 7.10% | 3.10% | 13.40% | 3.70% | 3.40% | NA | | LimitedBrands | LTD | 5.00% | 3.00% | 7.00% | 2.00% | 5.00% | 5.00% | 0.00% | | Men'sWearhouse | MW | 2.00% | 3.70% | 5.00% | 8.80% | 0.90% | NA | 3.00% | | MotherWorks | MWRK | 3.90% | 6.20% | 5.50% | 6.60% | 2.20% | 2.20% | 3.90% | | Nordstrom | JWN | 5.30% | 6.90% | 7.80% | 7.30% | 2.20% | 4.90% | 6.00% | | Pacific Sunwear | PSUN | -10.60% | -2.70% | -2.60% | -14.00% | -10.90% | NA | 4.90% | | Ross Stores | ROST | 1.00% | 5.00% | 5.00% | 9.00% | 4.00% | 6.00% | 6.00% | | Saks | SKS | 2.40% | 4.70% | 1.10% | 2.20% | -6.60% | 6.00% | 4.00% | | SteinMart | SMRT | -5.90% | 0.90% | 1.00% | NA | NA | -0.40% | -0.40% | | Talbots | TLB | 1.30% | NA | NA | 10.80% | -3.40% | -6.00% | 0.80% | | TJX | TJX | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% | 1.00% | 2.00% | 1.00% | 5.00% | | Drug Stores | | CVS | CVS | 8.80% | NA | 8.40% | 14.00% | 9.40% | 5.90% | 5.40% | | Walgreen | WAG | 9.00% | 9.00% | 9.80% | 2.00% | 1.40% |
5.70% | 7.40% | | Wholesale Stores | | BJ's Wholesale Club | BJ | 1.90% | -0.10% | 4.20% | 2.10% | 3.10% | NA | 2.00% | | Costco | COST | 7.00% | 6.00% | 10.00% | 7.00% | 7.00% | 8.00% | 9.00% | | Family Dollar | FDO | 7.50% | 3.60% | 4.50% | 5.90% | 1.40% | 4.40% | NA | | Shoe Stores | | DSW | DSW | 2.20% | NA | NA | 4.20% | NA | 11.60% | 11.60% | | Payless Shoesource | PSS | 2.20% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.60% | 1.60% | | FinishLine | FINL | NA | NA | -0.80% | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Discount Retailers | | Target | TGT | 3.00% | 4.80% | 5.70% | 10.40% | 2.20% | 3.60% | 5.20% | | Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 2.40% | 1.20% | 2.30% | 6.80% | 1.40% | 3.20% | 4.00% | | Pier1 Imports | PIR | -14.90% | -18.40% | -6.60% | -2.00% | -2.00% | -11.00% | 8.20% | | Sharper Image | SHRP | -23.00% | -26.00% | -36.00% | -23.00% | -29.00% | NA | -13.00% | | Miscellaneous | | BigLots | BLI | 5.20% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6.40% | 6.40% |
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