Elder-Beerman Reports May Sales.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 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 $42.7 million for the four weeks ended June 1, 2002, a total sales increase of 0.2 percent over the four weeks ended June 2, 2001. Comparable store sales decreased 1.3 percent compared to the same period last year. The best performing businesses in May were ladies' accessories, 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 furniture. 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, 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 tables of sales comparison figures.
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(dollars in millions) MAY(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. $42.7 $42.6 0.2% (1.3%)
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(dollars in millions) YEAR TO DATE 2002(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. $183.9 $182.2 1.0% (2.4%)
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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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