Costume jewelry retailer Claire's Stores Inc reported that for the four weeks ended November 26, 2005 comparable store sales rose five percent, in contrast to the four-week period ended November 27, 2004, when comparable store sales rose three percent. Total sales during the four-week period ended November 26, 2005 increased four percent to $101,433,000 compared with $97,325,000 for the comparable four-week period last year.
US based jewellery & accessories retailer Claire's Stores Inc is a leading international specialty retailer offering costume jewelry and accessories to fashion-aware tweens, teens and young adults through its two store concepts: Claire's and Icing by Claire's. While the latter operates only in North America (NA), Claire's operates internationally.
It operates 70 stores in the Middle East and Turkey under a licensing and merchandising agreement with Al Shaya Co Ltd and six stores in South Africa under similar agreements with The House of Busby Limited.