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Abercrombie & Fitch posted net sales of $297.4m for September, a 1% increase over net sales of $295.3m for the same month last year. September same-store sales decreased 4% compared to the prior year period.
Aeropostale said that monthly sales increased 0.7% to $127.9m in September. Same-store sales, meanwhile, rose 1.3%.
American Eagle Outfitters posted a 5% drop in September sales to $222.8m, compared with $233.4m for the five weeks ended September
30, 2006. Same-store sales, meanwhile, decreased 2% compared to the same period last year.
Ann Taylor Stores Corporation said that net sales increased 6.2% to $246.7m in September, compared with net sales of $232.3m for September 2006. Same-store sales for the September 2007 period increased 0.5%, versus a same-store sales gain of 5.8% in the September 2006 period.
The Buckle announced net sales up 15.3% to $57.7m from net sales of $50.0m in the prior year's fiscal month, as same-store net sales increased 10.9% at the denim chain.
Deb Shops said same-store sales were down 3.8% for the month of September, while total sales decreased 0.2% to $28.2m from $28.3m for the month ended
September 30, 2006.
Cache reported that same-store sales were up 3% during the 5-week September 2007 period. Total net sales for the 5-week period decreased 2% to $26.9m.
The Cato Corporation reported sales of $65.8m for the month, a decrease of 3% from sales of $67.7m last time. Same-store sales for the five-week period were down 7% from the prior year.
Chico’s reported a 7.3% sales increase, to $175.9m from $164.0m in September 2006. Same-store sales decreased 8.3% for the month.
Gap Inc reported net sales of $1.43bn for the five-week period ended
October 6, which represents a 3% decrease compared with the same month last year. Gap's same-store sales for September 2007 decreased 7% compared with a 3% decrease as reported in September 2006.
Hot Topic reported that same-store sales were down 2.9% for its fiscal month of September, compared to the same month last year. Total sales decreased 6.9% for the month, at $59.3m.
Limited Brands reported same-store sales down 4%. The company added that net sales slipped 8.7% for the month to $713.2m, compared to sales of $781.3m in September 2006.
Mothers Work posted a 6.2% drop in net sales for the month to $46.4m, as same-store sales slumped 7.0%, based on 1,377 locations
Nordstrom said preliminary sales were $762.2m for September 2007, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year. Same-store sales increased 3.2% at the company, which has 160 US stores located in 28 states.
Ross Stores said its sales for the month were $537m, a 5% increase over the $510m reported during the same month last year. Same-store sales were flat compared to September 2006, the company said.
Stage Stores reported that its total sales for the September period increased 5.6% to $127.8m from $121.0m for the prior month. Same-store store sales for the month increased 2.3% versus an increase of 11.0% last year.
Stein Mart reported total sales of $127.2m for the month, which was a 3.2% decrease on last year. Same-store sales at the company were down 9.1%.
United Retail Group announced that net sales decreased to $37.7m during September 2007 from $40.1m during September last year. Same-store sales decreased 8% for the month.
The Wet Seal posted same-store sales down 7.0%, compared to prior guidance of -7.5% to -8.5% for the month. Net sales for the month were $52.7m, compared to net sales of $52.3m in the prior year period.
Zumiez announced September's same-store sales increased 13.9%. Total net sales for the
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Aviana recently hired Belinda Spoone as Finance Manager.
"Belinda not only handles our AR and AP functions, but has also taken over primary responsibility for our headwear brands, Headliner and Hat&Hair," said Webb. "She has helped us streamline our invoice processing, helped us get organized. We are running things
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In similar news, the company recently divided up responsibilities for two members, Christie Webb and Barbara Roth. "Barbara and I have divided up responsibilities. I'm director of sales and marketing and Barbara Roth is Director of Design and Development," explained Webb. "Barbara is going to be out there meeting with retailers, finding out what they want and need in their stores. It's an important part of our growth as a company to introduce styles that retailers haven't been able to find in our overlooked size range."
The shift in focus happened a year ago, but was made official in August.
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