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 August 2005 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 2004. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
Month: August
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
& GOODS $ MONTH 2005 $ MONTH 2004 % MONTH 2005
AEOS American Eagle Outfitters $236.9 M $199.6 M 18.7
ANN Ann Taylor Stores $134.103 M $115.311 M 16.3
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BBA Bombay Company $39.5 M $35.4 M 12
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $54.9 M $51.7 M 6
CHRS Charming Shoppes $201.5 M $166.1 M 21
CHS Chico's FAS $101.5 M $76.9 M 32.0
CLE Claire's Stores $110.717 M $98.99 M 12
DEBS Deb Shops
DBRN Dress Barn
GDYS Goody's $98.7 M $94.1 M 4.9
GYMB Gymboree $44.1 M $42.7 M 3
JAS Jo-Ann Stores $123.5 M $120.5 M 2.5
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $28.3 M $21.8 M 29.8
MW Men's Wearhouse $96.7 M $86.1 M 12.4
MWRK Mothers Work $45.8 M $39.0 M 17
NMGA Neiman Marcus $255 M $239 M 6.5
GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $175.7 M $158.4 M 10.9
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. $216.4 M $209.4 M 3.3
ROST Ross Stores $388 M $312 M 24
SKS Saks Inc. $358.4 M $413.5 M -13.3
SCVL Shoe Carnival $81.8 M $76.2 M 7.3
TLB Talbots $93.1 M $85.4 M 9
BKE The Buckle $54.2 M $54.5 M -0.7
PLCE The Children's Place $126.2 M $86.5 M 46
GPS The Gap $1.17 B $1.23 B -5
LTD The Limited $575.3 M $577.8 M
TJX TJX Cos. $1.2 B $1.1 B 8
URGI United Retail $25.8 M $24.1 M 7
WMAR West Marine
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $19.1 M $21.1 M -9.5
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
& GOODS $ YTD 2005 $ YTD 2004 % YTD 2005
AEOS American Eagle Outfitters $1.2 B $927.3 M 29.9
ANN Ann Taylor Stores $1119.233 M $1021.191 M 9.6
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BBA Bombay Company $289.7 M $281.5 M 3
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam.
Footwear) $1,074.763 M $950.489 M 13.1
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $478.3 M $454.0 M 5
CHRS Charming Shoppes $1,496.2 M $1,370.6 M 9
CHS Chico's FAS $772 M $588 M 31.1
CLE Claire's Stores $738.277 M $685.804 M 8
DEBS Deb Shops
DBRN Dress Barn
GDYS Goody's $683.1 M $691.6 M -1.2
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores $928.0 M $896.4 M 3.5
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $223.5 M $183.7 M 21.7
MW Men's Wearhouse $842.1 M $736.8 M 14.3
MWRK Mothers Work
NMGA Neiman Marcus
GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $764.8 M $676.1 13.1
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. $1.56 B $1.49 B 5.1
ROST Ross Stores $2.684 B $2.313 B 16
SKS Saks Inc. $3,203.9 M $3,282.1 M -2.4
SCVL Shoe Carnival $391.1 M $359.8 M 8.7
TLB Talbots $989.2 M $899.1 M 10
BKE The Buckle $263.7 M $246.1 M 7.2
PLCE The Children's Place $814.1 M $501.5 M 62
GPS The Gap $8.5 B $8.6 B -1
LTD The Limited $4.841 B $4.767 B 2
TJX TJX Cos. $8.5 B $7.9 B 8
URGI United Retail $247.0 M $222.9 M 11
WMAR West Marine
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $161.9 M $174.2 M -7.1
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL COMP COMP COMP COMP
& GOODS SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %
MONTH 2005 MONTH 2004 YTD 2005 YTD 2004
AEOS American Eagle
Outfitters 11.8 21.2
ANN Ann Taylor Stores 3.7 -4.5 -2.7 7.6
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BBA Bombay Company 11 FLAT
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato 2 FLAT
CHRS Charming Shoppes 4 2
CHS Chico's FAS 14.0 13.3
CLE Claire's Stores 10 7 6 10
DEBS Deb Shops
DBRN Dress Barn
GDYS Goody's -0.3 -6.4
GYMB Gymboree -1 -3
JAS Jo-Ann Stores -2.4 -2.9 -0.3 3.8
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers 12.9 5.5
MW Men's Wearhouse 8.5 10.4
MWRK Mothers Work -0.5 -13.0
NMGA Neiman Marcus 8.2
GOSHA Osh Kosh B'Gosh
PSUN Pacific Sunwear 2.6 3.0
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. -1.7 -1.8
ROST Ross Stores 13 -8 6
SKS Saks Inc. -0.3 1.8
SCVL Shoe Carnival 2.4 3.8
TLB Talbots 2.3 5.2
BKE The Buckle -3.9 2.7
PLCE The Children's Place 4 21 8 15
GPS The Gap -9 -1 -5 3
LTD The Limited -3 -2 -3 7
TJX TJX Cos. 2 2
URGI United Retail 8 12
WMAR West Marine
WLSN Wilsons The
Leather Expert -7.9 9.0 9.8 3.9
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ MONTH 2005 $ MONTH 2004 % MONTH 2005
BJ BJ's $598.007 M $534.052 M 12.0
BLI Big Lots $305.5 M $289.2 M 5.7
BONT Bon Ton $85.1 M $86.2 M -1.2
BKST Brookstone Inc.
CBK Christopher Banks Corp. $33.6 M $29.8 M 13
COST Costco $4.09 B $3.64 B 12
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $566.075 M $553.337 M 2
DG Dollar General $624.0 M $570.7 M 9.3
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $444.2 M $406.1 M 9.4
FD Federated Department Stores $1.069 B $1.056 B 1.3
FRED Fred's $111.1 M $105.7 M 5
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $49.6 M $47.3 M 4.8
JCP JCPenney $1,376 M $1,327 M 3.7
KSS Kohl's $1,007.5 M $881.6 M 14.3
MAY May Dept. Stores $1.027 B $1.054 B
SHRP Sharper Image $24.0 M $26.0 M -8
SKO Shopko Stores $232.7 M $254.8 M -8.7
STGS Stage Stores Inc. $111.2 M $105.7 M 5.2
SBUX Starbucks $508 M $418 M 21
SMRT Stein Mart $98.1 M $91.6 M 7.1
TGT Target Corporation $3.862 B $3.442 B 12.2
WMT Wal-Mart $15.709 B $14.296 B 9.9
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ YTD 2005 $ YTD 2004 % YTD 2005
BJ BJ's $4,348.552 M $3,984.999 M 9.1
BLI Big Lots $2,431.8 M $2,281.4 M 6.6
BONT Bon Ton $622.0 M $635.4 M -2.1
BKST Brookstone Inc.
CBK Christopher Banks Corp. $233.5 M $199.0 M 17
COST Costco $51.87 B $47.15 B 10
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $4,062.300 M $4,079.112 M flat
DG Dollar General $4.7 B $4.2 B 12.3
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $5,824.8 M 10.3
FD Federated Department Stores $8.333 B $8.187 B 1.8
FRED Fred's $867.2 M $788.2 M 10
FINL Finish Line $632.9 M $570.1 M 11
GOT Gottschalks $345.3 M $339.6 M 1.7
JCP JCPenney $8,225 M $7,900 M 4.1
KSS Kohl's $6,638.4 M $5,759.6 M 15.3
MAY May Dept. Stores
SHRP Sharper Image $189.5 M $193.4 M -2
SKO Shopko Stores $1,672.9 M -5.2
STGS Stage Stores Inc. $730.7 M $675.3 M
SBUX Starbucks $5.7 B $4.7 B 22
SMRT Stein Mart $815.8 M $776.8 M 5.0
TGT Target Corporation $26.701 B 13.0
WMT Wal-Mart $115.542 B $104.889 B 10.2
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %
MONTH 2005 MONTH 2004 YTD 2005 YTD 2004
BJ BJ's 5.6 4.6
BLI Big Lots 0.6 -2.0 1.2 1.0
BONT Bon Ton -1.2 -1.8
BKST Brookstone Inc.
CBK Christopher Banks Corp. 1 3
COST Costco 9 7
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores 2 -1
DG Dollar General 0.9 4.0
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar 1.8 2.3
FD Federated
Department Stores 1.1 1.7
FRED Fred's 3.8 3.4 1.2 3.4
FINL Finish Line FLAT 10
GOT Gottschalks 0.4 1.2
JCP JCPenney 2.8 4.1 4.1 7.3
KSS Kohl's 4.6 4.3
MAY May Dept. Stores -2.8
SHRP Sharper Image -14 -6 -12 3
SKO Shopko Stores -9.3 -5.8
STGS Stage Stores Inc. 1.5 8.1 5.2 1.7
SBUX Starbucks 7 8
SMRT Stein Mart 5.3 3.4
TGT Target Corporation 6.3 1.8 6.5 5.0
WMT Wal-Mart 2.6 0.1 3.4 3.4
TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ MONTH 2005 $ MONTH 2004 % MONTH 2005
HVT Haverty $66.6 M $70.4 M -5.5
PIR Pier 1 $128.742 M $140.423 M -8.3
TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ YTD 2005 $ YTD 2004 % YTD 2005
HVT Haverty $466.6 M $440.3 M 6.0
PIR Pier 1 $844.301 M $884.298 M -4.5
TICKER HOME SUPPLY COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %
MONTH 2005 MONTH 2004 YTD 2005 YTD 2004
HVT Haverty -8.8 1.6
PIR Pier 1 -12.4 -9.8
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