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Buckle's August comparable sales drop by 6.3 percent

The Buckle, Inc. net sales for the month of August decreased 6.6 percent to 105.1 million dollars. Comparable store net sales year-to-date for the period under review decreased by 6.3 percent. Net sales for the 30-week fiscal period decreased by 5.5 percent to 650 million dollars compared to the same period last year. Offering a mix of apparel,...

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Buckle posts Q2 sales and profit decline

American fashion retailer Buckle’s net income for the second quarter declined to 39.3 million dollars or 79 cents per share or 78 cents per share on a diluted basis. Net sales for the quarter decreased 3.4 percent to 282.4 million dollars, while comparable store net sales decreased 6.6 percent. Online sales decreased 15.2 percent to 37 million...

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Buckle net sales drop 9.4 percent in March, appoints VP of women’s merchandising

Buckle reported a 9.4 percent drop in comparable store net sales for the five week period ended April 6, 2024, continuing the lifestyle retailer’s streak in quarterly and monthly decreases seen over the past year. During the period, net sales for the company also fell by 8 percent to 104.3 million dollars, dropping from the prior 113.4 million...

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The Buckle’s SVP, women’s merchandising exits

Lifestyle retailer Buckle has announced that its senior vice president, women’s merchandising, Kelli Molczyk, has stepped down from her role to “pursue other opportunities”. Molczyk had first joined Buckle in 1999 and had served in a number of roles in the company’s women’s merchandising team over the course of her 25-year career. In a release,...

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Buckle Q3 comparable sales drop by 9.2 percent

Buckle third quarter net income decreased to 51.8 million dollars or 1.05 dollars per share or 1.04 dollars per share on a diluted basis. Net sales for the quarter decreased 8.7 percent to 303.5 million dollars, while comparable store net sales decreased 9.2 percent and online sales decreased 16.2 percent to 46.1 million dollars. Net income for...

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Buckle Q2 comparable sales decrease 3.3 percent

The Buckle, Inc. comparable store net sales for the second quarter decreased 3.3 percent, while net sales for the quarter decreased 3.2 percent to 292.4 million dollars. Comparable store net sales for the month of July decreased 1.3 percent. The company said in a release that net sales for the month under review decreased 2.6 percent to 95.1...

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US retailer Buckle reports slight drop in June sales

US fashion retailer Buckle has reported a 1.8 percent drop in net sales in the five weeks to July 1. Net sales came in at 108 million dollars, down from 110 million dollars the prior year. On a comparable store basis, for stores open at least one year, net sales were down 2.4 percent. Year-to-date net sales, for the 22-week period ended July 1,...

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US retailer Buckle reports drop in Q1 sales, profit

US fashion retailer Buckle has reported an 8.5 percent drop in sales in the first quarter of the year as its profits narrowed. The Nebraska-based company made net sales of 282.8 million dollars in the three months ended April 29, down from 309.1 million dollars a year earlier. Comparable store net sales were down 9.2 percent, while online sales...

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US retailer Buckle reports drop in March sales

US fashion retailer Buckle said net sales for the 5-week period ended April 1 fell 9.2 percent year-on-year. Sales came in at 113.4 million dollars, down from 124.9 million dollars a year earlier. On a comparable basis, for stores open for at least one year, sales decreased 10.1 percent. Year-to-date net sales, meanwhile, fell 7.9 percent to...

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Buckle reports increase in Q4 sales, profit

Buckle has reported an increase in profit and sales in the fourth quarter of the year. The US fashion retailer made net profit of 87.8 million dollars in the quarter ended January 28, up from 83.9 million dollars in the prior year period. That came as net sales rose 5.5 percent to 401.8 million dollars, with comparable store sales up 4.6...

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Buckle reports 2.9 percent increase in year-to-date sales

Net sales at US fashion retailer Buckle increased 2.9 percent in the year to date to surpass 1 billion dollars. The Nebraska-based company reported sales of 1.061 billion dollars in the 43-week period ended November 26, up from the 1.031 billion dollars it reported in the prior-year period. Comparable store net sales for the same period...

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Buckle reports jump in Q2 net sales, income

US fashion retailer Buckle has reported a jump in net sales and income in the second quarter of the year. For the three months to July 31, net sales increased to 295.1 million dollars, 36.6 percent higher than a year ago and 44.8 percent higher than pre-Covid 2019 levels. Online sales in the period dropped 5.5 percent to 43.4 million dollars...