Elder-Beerman Reports August Sales.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003 Comparable store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. (Nasdaq: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 ) decreased 9.5 percent for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended August 31, 2002. Total store sales decreased by 9.9 percent to $41.4 million versus the same period last year. The best performing businesses in August were ladies' better sportswear and 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). . For the year to date, comparable store sales decreased by 4.1 percent for the 30 week period ended August 30, 2003. Total store sales decreased 4.9 percent to $305.0 million versus the same period last year. The nation's ninth 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 68 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 Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). , Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). , Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. For more information about the company see Elder-Beerman's web site at www.elder-beerman.com.
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(dollars in millions) AUGUST SALES(a)
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Total Comparable
Sales Sales
(unaudited) 2003 2002 Change(b) Change(b)
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The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. $41.4 $45.9 (9.9%) (9.5%)
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(dollars in millions) YEAR TO DATE SALES(a)
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Total Comparable
Sales Sales
(unaudited) 2003 2002 Change(b) Change(b)
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The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. $305.0 $320.7 (4.9%) (4.1%)
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(a) All sales figures sales figures npl → cifras fpl de ventas exclude leased department sales. (b) Percentages may not correspond to the actual sales figures due to rounding of sales figures. |
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