ASAP fashion news archive - apparel industry news from before September 2005
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From: ASAP
The May Department Stores Company (NYSE: MAY) reported preliminary net retail sales (sales) of $1.30 billion for the four-week period ended Nov. 30, 2002, a 5.8% decrease from $1.37 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 7.9%.
Sales for the first 10 months of fiscal 2002 were $10.60 billion, a 2.1% decrease compared with $10.82 billion during the first 10 months of fiscal 2001.