Elder-Beerman Reports December Sales.Business Editors & Consumer/Retail Writers DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 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 1.6 percent for the five weeks ending January 4, 2003, compared to the five weeks ending January 5, 2002. Total store sales were $117.3 million for the five weeks, a decrease of 1.4 percent versus the same period last year. On a comparable store basis, the best performing businesses in December were ladies' accessories, outerwear, intimate apparel, men's furnishings Noun 1. men's furnishings - the drygoods sold by a haberdasher haberdashery drygoods, soft goods - textiles or clothing and related merchandise , 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). and all home store classifications. Year to date comparable store sales for the 48 week period ending January 4, 2003 decreased 2.7 percent. Total store sales for the year to date period were $612.2 million, a 0.7 percent decrease versus 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 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. , Kentucky, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. For more information about the company see Elder-Beerman's web site at www.elder-beerman.com. Note: See following tables of sales comparison figures.
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(dollars in millions) DECEMBER (a)
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2002 2001 Total Comparable
Sales Sales Sales Sales
(unaudited) Change(b) Change(b)
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The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. $117.3 $119.0 (1.4%) (1.6%)
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(dollars in millions) YEAR TO DATE (a)
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2002 2001 Total Comparable
Sales Sales Sales Sales
(unaudited) Change(b) Change(b)
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The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. $612.2 $616.6 (0.7%) (2.7%)
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(a) All sales figures exclude leased department sales.
(b) Percentages may not correspond to the actual sales figures due to
rounding of sales figures.
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