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 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: November PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007 AEO American Eagle Outfitters $285.8 M $247.0 M 16 ANN Ann Taylor Stores $209.2 M $186.4 M 12.2 BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear) CMRG Casual Male Retail Group CTR Cato $58.4 M $60.9 M -4 CHRS Charming Shoppes CHS Chico's FAS $133.6 M $126.8 M 5.4 DEBS Deb Shops DBRN Dress Barn $363.7 M $358.4 M 1.5 GYMB Gymboree JAS Jo-Ann Stores JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $63.1 M $50.6 M 24.7 MW Men's Wearhouse MWRK Mothers Work $46.5 M $45.4 M 2.3 PSUN Pacific Sunwear $120.9 M $116.6 M 3.6 RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. ROST Ross Stores $547 M $496 M 10 SKS Saks Inc. $347.6 M $275.3 M 26.3 SCVL Shoe Carnival TLB Talbots BKE The Buckle $59.4 M $46.1 M 28.8 PLCE The Children's Place $234.6 M $199.3 M 18 GPS The Gap $1.54 B $1.39 B 11 LTD The Limited $858.7 M $937.7 M TJX TJX Cos. $1.8 B $1.6 B 10 URGI United Retail WMAR West Marine WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $33.6 M $31.6 M 6.6 TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ YTD $ YTD % YTD TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007 AEO American Eagle Outfitters $2.346 B $2.068 B 13 ANN Ann Taylor Stores BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear) CMRG Casual Male Retail Group CTR Cato $683.4 M $693.0 M -1 CHRS Charming Shoppes CHS Chico's FAS $1.44 B $1.32 B 8.7 DEBS Deb Shops DBRN Dress Barn $19.6 M $27.4 M GYMB Gymboree JAS Jo-Ann Stores JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers $458.2 M $402.8 M 13.8 MW Men's Wearhouse MWRK Mothers Work PSUN Pacific Sunwear $1,145.5 M $1,080.7 M 6.0 RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. ROST Ross Stores $4.870 B $4.487 B 9 SKS Saks Inc. $2,611.2 M $2,240.8 M 16.5 SCVL Shoe Carnival TLB Talbots BKE The Buckle $472.3 M $401.2 M 17.7 PLCE The Children's Place $1,726.5 M $1,571.9 M 10 GPS The Gap $12.63 B $12.40 B 2 LTD The Limited $7.717 B $7.584 B TJX TJX Cos. $15.1 B $14.0 B 7 URGI United Retail WMAR West Marine WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert $192.7 M $219.9 M -12.4 COMP COMP COMP COMP SALES SALES SALES SALES % MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2007 2006 2007 2006 AEO American Eagle Outfitters FLAT 10 3 ANN Ann Taylor Stores 3.9 -4.3 BBY Best Buy Co. Inc. BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear) CMRG Casual Male Retail Group CTR Cato -6 -4 CHRS Charming Shoppes CHS Chico's FAS -13.7 -6.3 DEBS Deb Shops DBRN Dress Barn -3 GYMB Gymboree JAS Jo-Ann Stores JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers 15.0 4.6 MW Men's Wearhouse MWRK Mothers Work 0.0 -1.3 PSUN Pacific Sunwear 2.3 2.1 RVI Retail Ventures, Inc. ROST Ross Stores 3 1 SKS Saks Inc. 25.7 14.5 SCVL Shoe Carnival TLB Talbots BKE The Buckle 18.2 17.7 PLCE The Children's Place 3 8 1 13 GPS The Gap FLAT -8 -4 -7 LTD The Limited -7 FLAT TJX TJX Cos. 7 4 URGI United Retail WMAR West Marine WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert 0.4 -19.1 -13.3 -14.7 TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007 BJ BJ's $746.3 M $668.2 M 11.7 BIG Big Lots BONT Bon Ton $393.1 M $367.0 M 7.1 CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $48.1 M $44.3 M COST Costco $5.72 B $5.04 B 13 DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $559.272 M $550.052 M 2 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar $559.3 M $560.0 M FRED Fred's $151.3 M $150.5 M 1 FINL Finish Line GOT Gottschalks $61.568 M $61.610 M -0.07 JCP JCPenney $1,709 M $1,616 M 5.8 KSS Kohl's $2023.2 M $1,685.7 M 20.0 M Macy's, Inc. $2.713 B $2.382 B 13.9 SHRP Sharper Image $27.1 M $30.2 M -10 SSI Stage Stores Inc. $130.7 M $121.2 M 7.8 SBUX Starbucks SMRT Stein Mart $140.2 M $144.7 M -3.1 TGT Target Corporation $5.972 B $5.119 B 16.7 WMT Wal-Mart $20.165 B $19.244 B 4.8 TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ YTD $ YTD % YTD TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007 BJ BJ's $7.1 B $6.6 B 8.1 BIG Big Lots BONT Bon Ton $2,620.1 M $2,479.7 M 5.7 CBK Christopher Banks Corporation $450.5 M $413.3 M COST Costco $16.98 B $15.20 B 12 DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $5,602.347 M $5,788.627 M -3 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar $1,683.0 M $1,600.3 M 5.2 FRED Fred's $1.438 B $1.382 B 4 FINL Finish Line $894.4 M $906.2 M -1.3 GOT Gottschalks $485.690 M $507.350 M -4.3 JCP JCPenney $13,232 M $12,844 M 3.0 KSS Kohl's $13,009.6 M $11,834.0 M 9.9 M Macy's, Inc. $20.432 B $20.193 B 1.2 SHRP Sharper Image $174.7 M $206.8 M -16 SSI Stage Stores Inc. $1,203.2 M $1,180.2 M SBUX Starbucks SMRT Stein Mart $1,180.4 M $1,185.0 M -0.4 TGT Target Corporation $48.104 B 10.0 WMT Wal-Mart $192.347 B $181.456 B 6.0 COMP COMP COMP COMP SALES SALES SALES SALES % MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007 2006 BJ BJ's 7.7 0.6 3.6 BIG Big Lots BONT Bon Ton 9.9 -5.1 CBK Christopher Banks Corporation 1 3 COST Costco 9 8 DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores 1 -4 DLTR Dollar Tree FDO Family Dollar -3.4 -1.0 FRED Fred's -4.5 2.0 0.6 2.5 FINL Finish Line -4.1 -5.8 GOT Gottschalks 0.4 -2.9 JCP JCPenney 2.6 1.4 0.4 4.0 KSS Kohl's 10.2 2.0 M Macy's, Inc. 13.4 0.7 SHRP Sharper Image -9 -14 SSI Stage Stores Inc. 3.6 0.2 0.3 3.5 SBUX Starbucks SMRT Stein Mart -8.9 -3.9 TGT Target Corporation 10.8 5.1 WMT Wal-Mart 0.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ MONTH $ MONTH % MONTH TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2007 2006 2007 PIR Pier 1 TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES TOTAL SALES $ YTD $ YTD % YTD TICKER HOME SUPPLY 2007 2006 2007 PIR Pier 1 COMP COMP COMP COMP SALES SALES SALES SALES % MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2007 2006 2007 2006 PIR Pier 1
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