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Buckle posts decline in September comparable sales

Specialty apparel retailer Buckle’s comparable store sales decreased 4.3 percent in September, while total net sales decreased 2.5 percent to 100.6 million dollars. The company said in a release that on the men’s side of the business, total sales for the period decreased 5.5 percent. The men’s business represented approximately 52 percent of...

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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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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,...