Youth clothing retailer Buckle Inc has announced that net sales for the four-week period ended May 27th 2006 increased 0.9 percent to $31.1 million from net sales of $30.8 million in the corresponding four-week period ended May 28th 2005.
Comparable-store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the four-week period ended May 27th 2006 decreased 3.8 percent from comparable-store net sales for the prior year four-week period ended May 28th 2005.
Net sales year-to-date for the seventeen-week period ended May 27th 2006 increased 3.2 percent to $140.7 million from net sales of $136.4 million for the same seventeen-week period a year ago. Comparable-store net sales year-to-date declined 1.8 percent from comparable-store net sales for the same seventeen-week period last year.
Headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska, Buckle Inc is a retailer of casual apparel, footwear and accessories for young men and women. It currently operates 344 retail stores in 38 states compared to 331 stores in 38 states at this same time a year ago.