Elder-Beerman Reports July and Second Quarter Sales.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 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 $36.3 million for the four-week period ended August 3, 2002, a total sales increase of 4.4 percent versus the four week period ended August 4, 2001. Comparable store sales decreased 0.4 percent compared to the same period last year. On a comparable store basis, the best performing businesses in July were ladies' accessories and the home store. Sales in the home store were aided by a shift in the timing of our annual August home store event into the last two days of fiscal July. For the second quarter ended August 3, 2002, sales were $133.6 million, a total sales increase of 2.4 percent versus the same period last year. Comparable sales for the quarter decreased by 1.8 percent. Year to date through August 3, 2002, sales were $274.7 million, a total sales increase of 1.8 percent. Year to date comparable sales decreased 2.3 percent versus the same period last year. The nation's ninth largest independent department store chain, The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. has headquarters 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 66 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. 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 Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. , Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee and Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York . 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.
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(dollars in millions) JULY(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. $36.3 $34.7 4.4% (0.4)%
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(dollars in millions) SECOND QUARTER(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. $133.6 $130.5 2.4% (1.8)%
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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. $274.7 $270.0 1.8% (2.3)%
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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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