Sears comp-store sales improve - Financials - Brief Article - Illustration

DSN Retailing Today, Sept 8, 2003

Citing strong" sales growth in the home appliance category, Sears says August comp-store sales are tracking better than expected for the four weeks ending Aug. 30. The company, however, did not provide specific figures. When announcing its July sales results, Sears stated that it expected same-store sales for the four weeks ending Aug. 30 to be flat.

TOP GAINERS
For 3 months ended 8/27/03

Publix Super Markets   116.22%
Kmart                   93.22
Factory 2-U Stores      81.79
Pep Boys                79.30
OfficeMax               74.62

TOP LOSERS
For 3 months ended 8/27/03

Winn-Dixie Stores      (25.50%)
Galyans Trading Co.    (22.84)
Costco                  (9.55)
Syms Corp.              (5.48)
Stein Mart              (3.78)

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MAJOR INDICES

 Close     Close     Net       %
8/13/03   8/27/03   Change   Change

S&P 500 (GSPC)
984.03    996.79    12.76    1.30%

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
9271.76   9333.79   62.03    0.67%

Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)
1686.61   1782.14   95.53    5.66%

NYSE Index (NYX)
528.77    528.25    (0.52)   (0.10%)

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