Women's apparel & accessories designer, developer and producer bebe stores Inc reported retail sales of $50.6 million for the five-week period ended July 2, 2005, an increase of 44.2% compared to sales of $35.1 million for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004.
Same store sales for the five-week period ended July 2, 2005 increased 31.4% compared to an increase of 6.7% for June 2004. For fiscal June 2005, same store sales were determined using a comparable period of 35 days.
Retail sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 were $135.7 million, up 46.7% from $92.5 million for the quarter beginning on April 3, 2005 and ending on July 2, 2005. Same store sales for the quarter increased 34.2% compared to an increase of 9.0% in the prior year.
Retail sales for the year-to-date period beginning July 1, 2004 and ending July 2, 2005 were $505.9 million compared to $369.5 million for the year-to-date period beginning July 3, 2003 and ending July 3, 2004, an increase of 36.9%.
Same store sales for the year-to-date period beginning July 1, 2004 and ending July 2, 2005 increased 25.7% compared to an increase of 9.5% for the year-to-date period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004.
bebe stores inc will host a conference call on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 1:30 P.M. Pacific Time to discuss fourth quarter results. Interested parties are invited to listen to the conference by calling (888) 241-2232.
A replay of the call will be available for approximately one week by calling (800) 642-1687 and using the passcode "7708582". A link to the audio replay will be available on our web site at www.bebe.com following the conference call.
bebe stores markets under the bebe, BEBE SPORT and bebe O brand names. bebe currently operates 214 stores, of which 166 are bebe stores, 17 are bebe outlet stores and 31 are BEBE SPORT stores. These stores are located in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. In addition, we have an online store at www.bebe.com.