Elder-Beerman Reports February Sales Increase.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 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 ) were $42.0 million for the four-week period ended March 2, 2002, a total sales increase of 5.9% over the four week period ended March 3, 2001. Comparable store sales increased 1.9% percent compared to the same period last year. The best performing businesses in February were shoes, children's apparel, better sportswear, ladies' accessories, furniture and domestics. 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. Elder-Beerman also operates two furniture galleries. For more information about the company see Elder-Beerman's web site at www.elder-beerman.com.
Note: See following table of sales comparison figures.
(dollars in millions) FEBRUARY(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. $42.0 $39.7 5.9% 1.9%
(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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