Friday, December 01, 2006

MIXED RETAIL SAME-STORE SALES RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER

Retailers have reported mixed same-store sales results for the important pre-holiday shopping month of November. Overall, same-store sales rose 2.1%, the weakest increase since March. Comparisons of same-store sales are made only for stores open more than one year and compare November of 2006 to November of 2005.

Losers
Wal-Mart -0.1%
Ann Taylor -4.3%
Abercrombie & Fitch -5.0%
Gap -8.0%
Pier One Imports -15.3%

Winners
Kohl's +3.7%
Costco +5.0%
Nordstrom +5.4%
Target +5.9%
CVS +8.4%
Federated Department Stores +8.5%
Limited Brands +12.0%

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