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 March 2008 based upon the nationwide release of monthly same-store-sales distributed over PR Newswire and other sources.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000306/PRNLOGO )
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 2007. All sales figures are reported in the millions-of-dollars, unless otherwise noted.
If referencing this report in public documents, please make sure to credit 'PR Newswire's Retail Review & Comparison.'
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
Month: MARCH
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2008 2007 2008
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $267.3 M $271.4 M -2
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $89.2 M $95.1 M -6
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $162.1 M $191.2 M -15.2
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work $54.6 M $59.1 M -7.6
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $115.3 M $125.0 M -8
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $633 M $599 M 6
SKS Saks Inc. $276.2 M $284.4 M -2.9
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $63.6 M $49.4 M 28.7
PLCE The Children's Place $601 M $557 M 3
GPS The Gap $1.37 B $1.55 B 12
LTD The Limited $733.2 M $892.3 M
TJX TJX Cos. $1.73 B $1.70 B 2
WMAR West Marine $113.3 M $125.8 M -10
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
AEO American Eagle Outfitters $442.4 M $437.7 M 1
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato $156.4 M $160.0 M -2
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS $267.6 M $304.4 M -12.1
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work
PSUN Pacific Sunwear $192.9 M $197.5 M -2
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores $1.077 B $994 M 8
SKS Saks Inc. $503.8 M $504.3 M -0.1
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle $113.3 M $87.1 M 30.0
PLCE The Children's Place $271.5 M $251.8 M 8
GPS The Gap $2.28 B $2.46 B -7
LTD The Limited $1.348 B $1.623 B
TJX TJX Cos. $3.0 B $2.9 B 4
WMAR West Marine $97.1 M $106.6 M -8.9
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert
COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
TICKER SPECIALTY APPAREL & GOODS 2008 2007 2008 2007
AEO American Eagle Outfitters -12 20 -9
ANN Ann Taylor Stores
BBY Best Buy Co. Inc.
BWS Brown Shoe (Fam. Footwear)
CMRG Casual Male Retail Group
CTR Cato -9 -4
CHRS Charming Shoppes
CHS Chico's FAS -20.7 -18.6
DBRN Dress Barn
GYMB Gymboree
JAS Jo-Ann Stores
JOSB Joseph A. Bank Clothiers
MW Men's Wearhouse
MWRK Mothers Work -6.0 3.6
PSUN Pacific Sunwear -8 -3
RVI Retail Ventures, Inc.
ROST Ross Stores -2 6 1
SKS Saks Inc. -2.9 -0.1
SCVL Shoe Carnival
TLB Talbots
BKE The Buckle 20.9 22.4
PLCE The Children's Place -3 5 1 4
GPS The Gap -18 6 -13 2
LTD The Limited -8 9
TJX TJX Cos. FLAT 1
WMAR West Marine -9.4
WLSN Wilsons The Leather Expert
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2008 2007 2008
BJ BJ's $858.1 M $790.9 M 8.5
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $274.0 M $288.0 M -4.9
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco $6.57 B $5.93 B 11
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $621.725 M $679.616 M -9
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $641.2 M $651.4 M -1.6
FRED Fred's $178.3 M $171.6 M 4
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $49.1 M $58.9 M -16.6
JCP JCPenney $1,538 M $1,715 M -10.3
KSS Kohl's $1,425.7 M $1,547.7 M -7.9
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $141.1 M $151.0 M
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $138.6 M $162.5 M -14.7
TGT Target Corporation $5.676 B $5.592 B 1.5
WMT Wal-Mart $23.213 B $22.116 B 5.0
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
BJ BJ's $1,513.896 M $1,392.664 M 8.7
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton $491.0 M $525.6 M -6.6
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco $41.34 B $36.96 B 12
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores $1,203.337 M $1,272.787 M -5
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar $ 4,156.8 M
FRED Fred's $326.8 M $315.4 M 4
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks $86.8 M $101.5 M -14.5
JCP JCPenney $2,794 M $3,029 M -7.8
KSS Kohl's $2,397.3 M $2,477.0 M -3.2
SSI Stage Stores Inc. $247.0 M $255.6 M
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart $234.8 M $266.8 M -12
TGT Target Corporation $10.049 B 3.4
WMT Wal-Mart $41.776 B $39.689 B 5.3
COMP COMP COMP COMP
SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
TICKER GENERAL MERCHANDISE 2008 2007 2008 2007
BJ BJ's 6.0 6.0
BIG Big Lots
BONT Bon Ton -5.3 -6.2
CBK Christopher Banks Corporation
COST Costco 5 17 5 17
DDS Dillard's Dept. Stores -10 -7
DLTR Dollar Tree
FDO Family Dollar -4.4 -1.1
FRED Fred's 1.2 4.4 1.1 4.1
FINL Finish Line
GOT Gottschalks -15.4 -12.9
JCP JCPenney -12.3 11.0 -9.9 6.7
KSS Kohl's -15.5 -11.1
SSI Stage Stores Inc. -10.3 12.4 -7.1 7.6
SBUX Starbucks
SMRT Stein Mart -17.1 -14.5
TGT Target Corporation -4.4 -2.3
WMT Wal-Mart
TICKER HOME SUPPLY TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
MONTH MONTH MONTH
PIR Pier 1 2008 2007 2008
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
SALES $ SALES $ SALES %
TICKER HOME SUPPLY YTD 2008 YTD 2007 YTD 2008
PIR Pier 1 $1.5 B $1.6 B -6.9
COMP COMP COMP COMP
TICKER HOME SUPPLY SALES SALES SALES SALES
% MONTH % MONTH % YTD % YTD
PIR Pier 1 2008 2007 2008 2007
PR Newswire disclaims any responsibility for errors, omissions, interruptions, delays, losses or defects, whether human or mechanical contained in the information of this report. PR Newswire makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the information contained in this report, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability. PR Newswire will not be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, exemplary or incidental damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this report.
About PR Newswire
PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com/ ) provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.
Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 14 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source. PR Newswire's leading services include ProfNet(SM), eWatch™, MEDIAtlas™, Search Engine Optimization, MediaRoom, MediaSense™, MultiVu™, U.S. Newswire, the preeminent policy newswire in the industry, Vintage Filings, the fastest growing Edgar filing company, and Hispanic PR Wire, LatinClips and Hispanic Digital Network, the foremost Hispanic communications services. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.
For more information on PR Newswire's Retail Review & Comparison, please contact Rachel Meranus, Vice President, Public Relations, PR Newswire at 201.360.6776 or
First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk,
SOURCE: PR Newswire Association LLC
CONTACT: Rachel Meranus, Vice President, Public Relations, PR Newswire
at +1-201-360-6776, or
Web site: http://www.prnewswire.com/