Friday, November 03, 2006

OCTOBER RETAIL SALES RESULTS

Here are the results for October same-store sales from some key retailers:

Wal-Mart +0.5% (+0.3% Wal-Mart Stores, +2.0% Sam's Club)
Target +3.9%
Saks +9.2%
Nordstrom +10.7%
Federated +7.7% (Macy's, Bloomingdale's)
J.C. Penney +8.1%
Limited Brands +9.0%
Gap -7.0%
Pier 1 -13.7%
Pacific Sunwear -7.1%
American Eagle +8.0%

Overall, retail same-store sales for October were estimated to be up 3.0%, and excluding Wal-Mart, Jharonne Martis of Thomson Financial in New York pegged the increase at a very healthy 4.9%, according to the Los Angeles Times.

AP at Yahoo!

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