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 September 2007 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 2006. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
Month: September
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
& GOODS $ MONTH 2007 $ MONTH 2006 % MONTH 2007
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $222.8 M $233.4 M -5
ANN Ann Taylor Stores $246.7 M $232.3 M 6.2
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $65.8 M $67.7 M -3
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $175.9 M $164.0 M 7.3
DEBS Deb Shops $28.2 M $28.3 M -0.2
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $49.9 M $46.1 M 8.2
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work $46.4 M $49.5 M -6.2
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $106.2 M $100.9 M 5.3
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $537 M $510 M 5
SKS Saks Inc. $307.4 M $280.8 M 9.5
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $57.7 M $50.0 M 15.3
PLCE The Children's Place $217.8 M $210.3 M 4
GPS The Gap $1.43 B $1.46 B -3
LTD The Limited $713.2 M $781.3 M
TJX TJX Cos. $1.8 B $1.7 B 5
URGI United Retail $37.7 M $40.1 M
WMAR West Marine $561.4 M $592.8 M -5.3
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $21.5 M $23.6 M
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
& GOODS $ YTD 2007 $ YTD 2006 % YTD 2007
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $1.850 B $1.635 B 13
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $568.1 M $572.4 M -1
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $1.18 B $1.07 B 10.7
DEBS Deb Shops
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $347.6 M $308.5 M 12.7
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work $581.4 M $602.7 M 3.5
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $939.3 M $879.2 M 6.8
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $3.853 B $3.547 B 9
SKS Saks Inc. $1,994.4 M $1,733.4 M 15.1
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $363.0 M $313.6 M 15.8
PLCE The Children's Place $1,306.8 M $1,187.7 M 10
GPS The Gap $9.85 B $9.76 B 1
LTD The Limited $6.213 B $5.951 B
TJX TJX Cos. $11.7 B $10.9 B 7
URGI United Retail $296.0 M $296.8 M
WMAR West Marine
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $139.0 M $163.3 M -14.9
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL COMP COMP COMP COMP
& GOODS SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %
MONTH 2007 MONTH 2006 YTD 2007 YTD 2006
AEO American Eagle Outfitters -2 11 4
ANN Ann Taylor Stores 0.5 5.8
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato -7 -3
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS -8.3 -4.9
DEBS Deb Shops -3.8
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers 1.4 -0.4 3.3 15.7
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work -7.0 10.6 -4.8 4.3
PSUN Pacific Sunwear 2.7 2.3
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores 6 5
SKS Saks Inc. 7.7 13.3
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle 10.9 10.0
PLCE The Children's Place -2 20 1 14
GPS The Gap -7 3 -4 -7
LTD The Limited -4 2
TJX TJX Cos. 2 4
URGI United Retail -8 -2
WMAR West Marine -1.7
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert -13.0 -15.5 -14.8 -14.0
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ MONTH 2007 $ MONTH 2006 % MONTH 2007
BJ BJ's $798.9 M $735.4 M 8.6
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $307.9 M $329.4 M -6.5
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $45.4 M $42.0 M
COST Costco
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $649.229 M $686.728 M -5
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $614.2 M $591.3 M 3.9
FRED Fred's $161.4 M $158.7 M 2
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $52.8 M $57.2 M -7.7
JCP JC Penney $1,362 M $1,378 M -1.2
KSS Kohl's $1,327.2 M $1,253.3 M 5.9
M Macy's, Inc. $2.274 B $2.300 B -1.1
SHRP Sharper Image $13.6 M $17.5 M -22
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $127.8 M $121.0 M 5.6
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $127.2 M $131.4 M -3.2
TGT Target Corporation $5,190 M $4,885 M 6.2
WMT Wal-Mart $21.447 B $20.159 B 6.4
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ YTD 2007 $ YTD 2006 % YTD 2007
BJ BJ's $5,719.974 M $5,322.714 M 7.5
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $1,982.3 M $1,863.0 M 6.4
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $335.9 M $316.1 M
COST Costco
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $4,598.377 M $4,765.135 M -4
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar
FRED Fred's $1.157 B $1.108 B 5
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $382.4 M $401.5 M -4.8
JCP JC Penney $10,211 M $9,930 M 2.8
KSS Kohl's $9,711.9 M $8,893.8 M 9.2
M Macy's, Inc. $15.873 B $15.949 B -0.5
SHRP Sharper Image $131.1 M $158.2 M -17
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $968.7 M $955.4 M
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $926.5 M $928.2 M -0.2
TGT Target Corporation $37.687 B 9.1
WMT Wal-Mart $154.744 B $145.610 B 6.3
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES % SALES % SALES % SALES %
MONTH 2007 MONTH 2006 YTD 2007 YTD 2006
BJ BJ's 3.9 -0.9 3.0
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton -8.6 -7.9
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation 1 FLAT
COST Costco -4
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -7
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar 0.5
FRED Fred's 1.0 5.0 1.3 2.7
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks -3.9 -3.4
JCP JC Penney -4.6 8.7 0.3 0.9
KSS Kohl's -3.2 1.3
M Macy's, Inc. 2.7 -0.9
SHRP Sharper Image -21 -17
SSI Stage Stores Inc. 2.3 11.0 0.2 4.7
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart -9.1 -3.1
TGT Target Corporation 1.2 6.7 4.3 4.9
WMT Wal-Mart 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.3
TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ MONTH 2007 $ MONTH 2006 % MONTH 2007
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TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES
$ YTD 2007 $ YTD 2006 % YTD 2007
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TICKER HOME SUPPLY COMP SALES COMP SALES COMP SALES COMP SALES
% MONTH 2007 % MONTH 2006 % YTD 2007 % YTD 2006
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