Quality goods retailer ShopKo Stores Inc reported consolidated sales for the five weeks ended July 2, 2005 decreased 4.2 percent to $288.7 million from $301.2 million during the same period last year.
Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 4.8 percent.
The company expects consolidated comparable store sales for the month of July to be in the negative low single digit range.
ShopKo Stores Inc provides weekly updates on consolidated comparable store sales.
Green Bay, Wisconsin based ShopKo Stores Inc is a retailer of quality goods and services located throughout the Midwest, Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions. ShopKo was founded by a pharmacist, James Ruben. Retail formats include 140 ShopKo stores, providing quality name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services in mid-sized to larger cities; 221 Pamida stores, 116 of which contain pharmacies, bringing value and convenience close to home in small, rural communities; and three ShopKo Express Rx stores, a new and convenient neighborhood drugstore concept.