A compilation of sales figures from leading U.S. retailers, PR Newswire's "Retail Review & Comparison" provides a company-by-company analysis of monthly and year-to-date retail results. The current report, prepared by PR Newswire, compiles data from the month of November 2004 based upon the nationwide release of monthly same-store-sales distributed over PR Newswire and other sources.
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Statistics listed in the report include total sales figures from the current month and full year, percentage of sales with respect to overall yearly revenues, and comparisons between the current month and year with returns from the same period in 2003. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison Month: NOVEMBER TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES & GOODS $ MONTH 2004 $ MONTH 2003 % MONTH 2004 AEOS American Eagle Outfitters $196.9 M $148.9 M 32.3 ANN Ann Taylor Stores $146.186 M $139.639 M 4.7 BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. $5.92 B 9 BBA Bombay Company $57.7 M $62.4 M -7 BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear) $79.3 M $74.6 M 6.3 CMRG Casual Male Retail Group $34.8 M $27.5 M 26.5 CTR Cato $57.1 M $53.1 M 7 CHRS Charming Shoppes $176.4 M $169.6 M 4 CHS Chico's FAS $88.7 M $69.2 M CLE Claire's Stores $97.325 M $91.379 M 7 DEBS Deb Shops $23.0 M $23.4 M -1.4 DBRN Dress Barn $61.9 M $58.8 M 5 GDYS Goody's $126.4 M $121.7 M 3.9 GYMB Gymboree $52.1 M $53.7 M -3 JAS Jo-Ann Stores $190.9 M $180.0 M 6.1 JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $36.1 M $29.6 M 22 MW Men's Wearhouse $108.3 M $102.0 M 6.1 MWRK Mothers Work $40.8 M $43.2 M -5.6 NMGA Neiman Marcus $308 M $293 M 5 GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh PSUN Pacific Sunwear $95.6 M $84.3 M 13.4 ECMV Perfumania RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. $258.9 M $254.0 M 1.9 ROST Ross Stores $391 M $364 M 7 SKFB S&K Famous Brands $16.2 M $14.4 M 12.3 SKS Saks Inc. $635.9 M $617.4 M 3.0 SCVL Shoe Carnival $45.2 M $43.4 M 4.2 TLB Talbots $130.5 M $126.0 M 4 BKE The Buckle $40.3 M $38.5 M 4.5 PLCE The Children's Place $118.7 M $81.0 M 27 GPS The Gap $1.4 B $1.4 B even LTD The Limited $762.7 M $785.6 M TJX TJX Cos. $1.4 B $1.3 B 10 URGI United Retail $33.8 M $30.9 M 10 WMAR West Marine $34.6 M $34.5 M 0.4 WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $48.6 M $62.1 M -21.7 TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES & GOODS $ YTD 2004 $ YTD 2003 % YTD 2004 AEOS American Eagle Outfitters $1.464 B $1.152 B 27.1 ANN Ann Taylor Stores $1,512.431 M $1,278.670 M 18.3 BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. $16.40 B 12 BBA Bombay Company $430.5 M $447.3 M -4 BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear) $932.9 M $906.2 M 2.9 CMRG Casual Male Retail Group CTR Cato $623.0 M $591.8 M 10 CHRS Charming Shoppes $1,920.4 M $1,861.4 M 3 CHS Chico's FAS $870 M $622 M CLE Claire's Stores $980.891 M $860.23 M 14 DEBS Deb Shops DBRN Dress Barn GDYS Goody's $1.009 B $979.6 M 3 GYMB Gymboree $462.6 M $427.3 M 8 JAS Jo-Ann Stores $1.415 B $1.361 B 3.9 JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $280.6 M $228.4 M 22.9 MW Men's Wearhouse $1,077.6 M $966.5 M 11.7 MWRK Mothers Work NMGA Neiman Marcus GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh PSUN Pacific Sunwear $944.6 M $798.3 M 18.3 ECMV Perfumania RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. $2.24 B $2.13 B 5.1 ROST Ross Stores $3.419 B $3.186 B 7 SKFB S&K Famous Brands $150.2 M $139.9 M 7.4 SKS Saks Inc. $4,976.9 M $4,673.5 M 6.5 SCVL Shoe Carnival $491.5 M $467.1 M 5.2 TLB Talbots $1,380.1 M $1,318.8 M 5 BKE The Buckle $365.4 M $327.2 M 11.7 PLCE The Children's Place $814.1 M $644.3 M 26 GPS The Gap $12.8 B $12.4 B 3 LTD The Limited $6.843 B $6.489 B 5 TJX TJX Cos. $12.0 B $10.6 B 13 URGI United Retail $325.2 M $325.7 M WMAR West Marine $636.7 M $607.3 M 4.9 WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $289.6 M $315.0 M -8.1 TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL COMP COMP COMP COMP & GOODS SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES % MONTH 2004 MONTH 2003 YTD 2004 YTD 2003 AEOS American Eagle 24.3 18.4 Outfitters ANN Ann Taylor Stores 8.3 9.6 BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. 3 5.2 BBA Bombay Company -13 -15 BWS Brown Shoe 2.1 0.0 (Fam. Footwear) CMRG Casual Male Retail Group 3.7 CTR Cato 3 Flat CHRS Charming Shoppes 3 2 CHS Chico's FAS 8.6 12.5 CLE Claire's Stores 3 9 DEBS Deb Shops -1.8 DBRN Dress Barn 4 GDYS Goody's -0.6 -0.3 GYMB Gymboree -10 5 -2 JAS Jo-Ann Stores 2.7 -0.2 2.7 2.7 JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers 7.5 7.8 MW Men's Wearhouse 3.2 7.8 MWRK Mothers Work -11.6 -3.7 NMGA Neiman Marcus 8.4 GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh PSUN Pacific Sunwear 2.7 8.1 ECMV Perfumania RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. -5.3 -1.2 ROST Ross Stores -2 5 -1 SKFB S&K Famous Brands 9.8 4.5 SKS Saks Inc. 2.4 5.5 SCVL Shoe Carnival 1.7 1.5 TLB Talbots -0.5 0.5 BKE The Buckle -0.4 6.6 PLCE The Children's Place 9 14 14 3 GPS The Gap -4 6 1 9 LTD The Limited -5 5 TJX TJX Cos. 2 4 URGI United Retail 11 1 WMAR West Marine -2.9 -0.7 WLSN Wilsons The Leather -3.1 16.5 3.3 -7.4 Expert TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ MONTH 2004 $ MONTH 2003 % MONTH 2004 BJ BJ's $591.0 M $560.3 M 5.5 BLI Big Lots $444.4 M $447.4 M -0.7 BONT Bon Ton $143.2 M $141.2 M 1.4 BKST Brookstone Inc. CBK Christopher Banks Corp. $42.5 M $38.0 M 12 COST Costco $4.08 B $3.80 B 7 DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $558.259 M $574.043 M -3 DG Dollar General $643.5 M $575.4 M 11.8 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar $457.9 M $402.6 M 13.7 FD Federated Department Stores $1.434 B $1.459 B -1.6 FRED Fred's $119.1 M $110.5 M 8 FINL Finish Line GOT Gottschalks $61.4 M $67.1 M -8.4 JCP JCPenney $1,543 M $1,377 M 12.1 KSS Kohl's $1,346.5 M $1,187.8 M 13.4 MAY May Dept. Stores $1.39 B $1.26 B 10 S Sears $2,511.400 M $2,464.6 M 1.9 SHRP Sharper Image $78.9 M $67.3 M 17 SKO Shopko Stores $272.8 M $286.8 M -4.9 STGS Stage Stores Inc. $103.8 M $96.1 M 8.0 SBUX Starbucks $486 M $387 M 26 SMRT Stein Mart $140.3 M $137.0 M 2.5 TGT Target Corporation $4.203 B $3.857 B 9.0 WMT Wal-Mart $15.739 M $14.764 M 6.6 TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ YTD 2004 $ YTD 2003 % YTD 2004 BJ BJ's $5,800.222 M $5,233.51 M 10 BLI Big Lots $3,401.1 M $3,250.1 M 4.6 BONT Bon Ton $990.3 M $615.9 M 60.8 BKST Brookstone Inc. CBK Christopher Banks Corp. $319.6 M $290.4 M 10 COST Costco DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $5,782.931 M $5,873.923 M -2 DG Dollar General $6.1 B $5.5 B 11.4 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar FD Federated Department Stores $11.991 B $11.670 B 2.8 FRED Fred's $1.14 B $1.04 B 10 FINL Finish Line $805.381 M $680.629 M 18 GOT Gottschalks $501.6 M $505.6 M -0.8 JCP JCPenney $12,027 M $11,251 M 6.9 KSS Kohl's $8,968.4 M $7,908.0 M 13.4 MAY May Dept. Stores $10.79 B $10.11 B 6.7 S Sears $21,172.100 M $21,778.700 M -2.8 SHRP Sharper Image $527.0 M $427.2 M 23 SKO Shopko Stores $2,529.8 M 0.5 STGS Stage Stores Inc. $958.7 M $699.7 M SBUX Starbucks SMRT Stein Mart $1,155.9 M $1,087.0 M 6.3 TGT Target Corporation $35.008 B 11.5 WMT Wal-Mart $151.712 M $138.342 M 9.7 TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE COMP COMP COMP COMP SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES % MONTH 2004 MONTH 2003 YTD 2004 YTD 2003 BJ BJ's 1.8 1.6 6.5 BLI Big Lots -6.1 -0.3 BONT Bon Ton 5.4 -0.9 BKST Brookstone Inc. CBK Christopher Banks Corp. -3 -4 COST Costco 5 DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -3 -2 DG Dollar General 3.4 3.3 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar 5.2 FD Federated Department Stores -1.4 2.8 FRED Fred's -1 3.1 2.7 5.6 FINL Finish Line 9 20 GOT Gottschalks -8.1 -0.4 JCP JCPenney 12 6.9 KSS Kohl's flat flat MAY May Dept. Stores -7.9 -2.1 S Sears 2.8 -1.5 SHRP Sharper Image -3 7 2 12 SKO Shopko Stores -4.8 0.6 STGS Stage Stores Inc. 6.0 -5.8 2.2 -5.1 SBUX Starbucks 13 SMRT Stein Mart 2.0 8.6 TGT Target Corporation 3.2 7.4 4.9 4.0 WMT Wal-Mart 0.3 3.7 2.8 3.7 TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ MONTH 2004 $ MONTH 2003 % MONTH 2004 HVT Haverty PIR Pier 1 $167.192 M $170.91 M -2.2 TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ YTD 2004 $ YTD 2003 % YTD 2004 HVT Haverty PIR Pier 1 $1,372.027 M $1,312.987 M 4.5 TICKER HOME SUPPLY COMP COMP COMP COMP SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES % MONTH 2004 MONTH 2003 YTD 2004 YTD 2003 HVT Haverty PIR Pier 1 -9.1 -3.7
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