Buckle (BKE) Comps Fell 2.8% in December

Buckle, Inc. (NYSE: BKE) announced that comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, for the 5-week period ended January 4, 2014 decreased 2.8 percent from comparable store net sales for the 5-week period ended January 5, 2013. Net sales for the 5-week fiscal month ended January 4, 2014 decreased 2.2 percent to $180.9 million from net sales of $185.0 million for the prior year 5-week fiscal month ended December 29, 2012.

Comparable store net sales year-to-date for the 48-week period ended January 4, 2014 increased 0.4 percent from comparable store net sales for the 48-week period ended January 5, 2013. Net sales for the 48-week fiscal period ended January 4, 2014 increased 2.5 percent to $1.071 billion from net sales of $1.045 billion for the prior year 48-week fiscal period ended December 29, 2012.

Due to the 53rd week in fiscal 2012, comparable store net sales for the month and year-to-date periods are compared to the 5-week and 48-week periods ended January 5, 2013.

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