Chico's FAS, Inc. Announces April Sales Results.

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Chico's Chico's is the name of more than one retail chain:

Chico's (restaurant) -- American-style restaurants in Finland
Chico's (retail chain) -- Women's apparel retailer

FAS, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHCS CHCS Center for Health Care Strategies
CHCS Composite Health Care System
CHCS Chemical Hazards Communications Society (United Kingdom)
CHCS Cabin Humidity Control Subsystem (NASA)
CHCS Crew Health Care System ) today announced April sales results for the four week period ended April 29, 2000.

Total sales for the four week period ended April 29, 2000 increased 53.2 percent to $19.0 million from $12.4 million reported for the four week period ended May 1, 1999. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores increased 29.8 percent for the four week period ended April 29, 2000.

For the quarter ended April 29, 2000, total sales increased 55.6 percent to $56.7 million from $36.4 million for the same period in 1999. Comparable store sales for the Company-owned stores increased 30.9 percent for the thirteen week period.

Chico's sells exclusively designed, private-label women's casual clothing and related accessories. The Company operates a chain of 207 stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . The Company owns 197 stores, franchisees own 10.

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