Elder-Beerman Total Sales Increase 3.4% for December.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 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 ) today announced its sales results for the four-week period ended January 1, 1999. December total sales increased 3.4 percent over December 1998 to $129.4 million. Comparable store sales for December increased 0.6 percent over last year. Strong increases in December were achieved in men's sportswear, 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). , domestics, and ladies' and men's coats. When combined with Elder-Beerman's 9.3 percent total sales increase in November, combined total sales for the 1999 November-December Christmas season increased over the 1998 November-December period 5.4 percent to $200.5 million. Comparable store sales for this period increased 2.6 percent. Year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. total department store sales have increased 9.7 percent over the same period in 1998 to $630.9 million. Comparable store sales year-to-date have increased 1.9 percent. Elder-Beerman no longer reports sales of The Bee-Gee Shoe Corp. The company previously announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Bee-Gee Shoes to a business group formed by Albertine Industries of Washington, D.C. and Ark Capital of Chicago, 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. . The nation's eighth 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 62 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 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 and Pennsylvania. Elder-Beerman also operates two furniture superstores This is a list of superstores by country. Multi-national
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(dollars in millions) DECEMBER(a)
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1999 1998 Total Comparable
Sales Sales Sales Sales
(unaudited) Change(b) Change
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The Elder-Beerman $129.4 $125.2 3.4% 0.6%
Stores Corp.
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(dollars in millions) QUARTER TO DATE(a)
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1999 1998 Total Comparable
Sales Sales Sales Sales
(unaudited) Change(b) Change
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The Elder-Beerman $200.5 $190.3 5.4% 2.6%
Stores Corp.
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(dollars in millions) YEAR TO DATE(a)
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1999 1998 Total Comparable
Sales Sales Sales Sales
(unaudited) Change(b) Change
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The Elder-Beerman $630.9 $575.4 9.7% 1.9%
Stores Corp.
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(a) All sales figures exclude The Bee-Gee Shoe Corp.
(b) Percentages may not correspond to the sales figures shown due to
rounding of sales figures.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. ," including predictions of future operating performance, events or developments such as our future sales, profits, expenses, income and earnings per share. In addition, words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "hopes," and "estimates," and variations of such words and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements are based on a number of beliefs, estimates and assumptions by management that could ultimately prove inaccurate, there is no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. Many factors could materially affect our actual future operations and results, including the following: increasing price and product competition; fluctuations in consumer demand and confidence; the availability and mix of inventory; fluctuations in costs and expenses; the effectiveness of advertising, marketing and promotional programs; weather conditions that affect consumer traffic in stores; the continued availability and terms of financing; the outcome of pending and future litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ; consumer debt levels; and other general economic conditions that affect retail operations and sales, such as the rate of employment, inflation and interest rates and the condition of the capital markets. Elder-Beerman undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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