US Redbook Text: Same Store Sales Index +0.2% for June

WASHINGTON (MNI) – The following is the summary of the Johnson
Redbook report on June chain-store sales, published Thursday:

Our 22 company Johnson Redbook Same-store Sales Index (SSI) was up
0.2% following a 1.8% gain in May and a 0.6% gain in April. Two
double-digit laggards were Cato Corp, -10%, and Walgreen, -10%. Among
retailers, eleven companies posted positive gains and ten companies
posted negative results.

Sales Growth by Store Format

Same-Store Sales Total Sales

SSI Apparel Dept Discount Club Drug Misc All-store

By month yoy%

Jun-12 0.2 4.6 0.8 1.9 3.0 -7.8 9.0 1.9

May-12 1.8 5.9 1.7 4.3 4.0 -3.8 17.0 5.5

Apr-12 0.6 3.4 0.6 1.1 4.0 -4.1 5.0 2.2

Mar-12 4.1 8.5 5.9 7.0 6.0 -4.4 14.0 6.1

Feb-12 4.0 7.2 3.8 6.7 8.0 -2.3 20.0 6.2

Jan-12 2.7 4.0 2.3 4.1 8.0 -3.0 15.0 4.1

Dec-11 3.5 4.6 3.4 1.6 7.0 1.3 19.0 4.6

Nov-11 2.9 1.9 0.2 1.8 9.0 1.8 13.0 3.9

Oct-11 3.7 1.1 1.8 3.3 9.0 2.7 8.0 5.0

Sep-11 5.5 2.9 3.9 5.2 12.0 2.7 14.0 7.3

Aug-11 4.8 1.0 1.5 4.0 11.1 4.7 32.0 7.2

Jul-11 4.6 2.3 3.5 4.0 9.9 2.5 15.0 7.0

3m avg 0.8 4.6 1.0 2.4 3.6 -5.2 10.1 2.5

** MNI Washington Bureau: 202-371-2121 **

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