Transworld Business Retail Round Up: February 2009

josh hunter

• March 05 2009
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In an effort to provide our readers with the most comprehensive coverage of the current retail climate as possible, Transworld Business has developed a new monthly column we’re calling Retail Round Up. In this installment we examine how specialty stores and department stores are performing based on same-store sales results over that past fourteen months.

Here’s a chart of the past 14 months same-store sales results from more than one dozen retailers.

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It’s hard not to notice the overwhelming amount of negative results in the chart. Also, it’s important to note that PacSun will no longer be announcing monthly sales results.

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The chart above shows the glaring difference between how The Buckle and Abercrombie & Fitch are performing. The Buckle continues to post impressive same-store sales results (+21 %), while A&F posted the worst result of the past fourteen months (-30 %).

Number Of Consecutive Negative Comps Per Retailer

14 months: The Gap, Wet Seal, Dillard’s, JC Penney

10 months: Abercrombie & Fitch

9 months: Nordstrom

8 months: Saks and Kohl’s

7 months: PacSun (* PacSun stopped reporting comps after last month, which was its 7th consecutive negative result)

6 months: Zumiez

Stay tuned to Transworld Business for continued coverage of boardsports news and information.