Brookstone Announces Third Quarter Sales.NASHUA Nashua (năsh`  ə), city (1990 pop. 79,662), seat of Hillsborough co., S N.H., on the Merrimack and Nashua rivers near the Mass. line; settled c.1655, inc. as a city 1853. , NH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 6, 1997--Brookstone, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BKST) today announced sales for the third quarter and nine
months ended November 1, 1997.
Total sales for the third quarter of fiscal 1997 increased 10.8% to $38.8 million compared to $35.0 million for the third quarter of last year. Same store sales Same Store Sales A statistic used in retail industry analysis. It compares sales of stores that have been open for a year or more. Notes: This statistic allows investors to determine what portion of new sales has come from sales growth and what portion from the opening of for the period increased 4.5%. During the quarter, Brookstone opened 6 new stores for a year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. total of 12 stores, including 2 airport locations. The balance of the Company's 1997 expansion schedule remains on track for a total of 16 new regular-format stores, 4-6 airport stores, and 130-140 holiday seasonal stores. Total sales for the first nine months of fiscal 1997 increased 10.5% to $116.8 million compared to $105.7 million for the first nine months of last year. Same store sales for the first nine months increased 3.3%. Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20 1954) is an American musician. , President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased with this past quarter's performance. With new products continuing to contribute strongly to same store sales increases, we believe we are well positioned for the holiday selling season as we enter the fourth quarter. We also look forward to the November opening of our 57th Street Manhattan flagship store." Brookstone, Inc. is a nationwide specialty retailer that operates 170 stores in 35 states and the District of Coluerates a mail order catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. business for hard-nd Administration (603) 880-9500 -or- Morgen-Walke Associates Naomi Rosenfeld/Carolyn Capaccio Media Contact: Stacy Berns/Jeff Siegel (212) 850-5600 KEYWORD: NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). INDUSTRY KEYWORDwire.com |
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