Article: Japan's department store sales shrink 4.3 pct in 2008

Article: Same-Store sales just shy of ...
Home Textiles Today;  March 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... month-to-date fell slightly short of the mark, rising by 2.5%, just missing a targeted gain of 2.6%. Department-store sales rose by 1.9% after moving up by 2.0% the week before. Discounter sales rose by 2.9%, off slightly ...

Article: Major US department store Dillard's says its ...
Cosmetics International;  March 13, 2009 ;     522 words ...Major US department store Dillard's says its same-store sales dropped 13% last month, a deeper slump than expected. Total sales drifted down from $581.6m in February 2008 to $497.7m last month. However, cosmetics sales, it says, are holding up.

Article: Department Store Sales Hit 4-year Low.
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  October 7, 2004 ;     456 words ... ... Yonhap) -- South Korean department store sales dropped to a four-year ... NSO) said Thursday. Department store sales posted a monthly average ... said. The downtrend in department store sales is expected to continue ...

Article: DEPARTMENT STORE SALES HIT 4-YEAR LOW IN ...
AsiaPulse News;  October 7, 2004 ;     529 words ... ... Asia Pulse - South Korean department store sales dropped to a four-year ... NSO) said Thursday. Department store sales posted a monthly average ... said. The downtrend in department store sales is expected to continue ...

Article: JCPenney Reports Comparable Store Sales Increases; ...
PR Newswire;  December 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Company, Inc. reported today that comparable department store sales increased 0.6 percent for the four weeks ended ... Company, Inc. is one of America's largest department store, drugstore, catalog, and e-commerce retailers ...

Article: Department Store Chain Belk Tops Rivals in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 29, 1999 ;     532 words ... ... than a year. So-called same-store sales are considered the best measure ... year ending Jan. 30, same-store sales increased 2.8 percent. Also ... is the largest privately held department store chain in the country, but it ...

Article: JCPenney April Comparable Store Sales Increase ...
Business Wire;  May 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... NYSE:JCP) comparable department store sales increased 3.6 percent ... flat to up slightly. Total department store sales increased 4.7 percent ... company expects comparable department store sales to increase low-single ...