Elder-Beerman Comparable Sales Increase 6.5% for November.DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1999-- The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. (Nasdaq/NM:EBSC EBSC Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. EBSC East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (Berkeley, CA) EBSC Embedded Bitmap Scaling EBSC Elmbrook Swim Club (Brookfield, Wisconsin) EBSC English Bay Swim Club ) today announced its sales results for the four-week period ended November 27, 1999. November total sales increased 9.3 percent over November 1998 to $71.1 million. Comparable sales for November increased 6.5 percent over last year. The top performing businesses for November include ladies' better sportswear, cosmetics cosmetics, preparations externally applied to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. The use of body paint for ornamental and religious purposes has been common among primitive peoples from prehistoric times (see body-marking). , children's apparel and the entire home store, including furniture. Year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. total department store sales have increased 11.4 percent over the same period in 1998 to $501.5 million. Comparable department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. sales year-to-date have increased 2.3 percent. Elder-Beerman no longer reports sales of The Bee-Gee Shoe Corp. The company previously announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Bee-Gee Shoes to a business group formed by Albertine Industries of Washington, D.C. and Ark Capital of Chicago, Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. . The nation's eighth largest independent department store chain, The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. and operates 62 department stores in Ohio, West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Elder-Beerman also operates two furniture superstores This is a list of superstores by country. Multi-national
Note: See attached table of sales comparison figures. -0-
(dollars in
millions) NOVEMBER (a)
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1999 1998 Total Comparable
(unaudited) Sales Sales Sales Sales
Change(b) Change
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The Elder-Beerman
Stores Corp. $71.1 $65.1 9.3% 6.5%
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(dollars in
millions) YEAR TO DATE (a)
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1999 1998 Total Comparable
(unaudited) Sales Sales Sales Sales
Change(b) Change
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The Elder-Beerman
Stores Corp. $501.5 $450.2 11.4% 2.3%
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(a) All sales figures exclude The Bee-Gee Shoe Corp.
(b) Percentages may not correspond to the sales figures shown due
to rounding of sales figures.
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