* August Sales Up 32.0% Over August Last Year * August Comparable Store Sales Increase 14.0%
FORT MYERS, Fla., Sept 01, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Chico's FAS, Inc.
(NYSE: CHS) today reported August sales results for the four-week period ended
August 27, 2005, increased 32.0% to $101.5 million from $76.9 million reported
for the prior year's four-week period ended August 28, 2004. Comparable store
sales for the Company-owned stores increased 14.0% for the four-week period
ended August 27, 2005, compared to the same four-week period last year.
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For the thirty weeks ended August 27, 2005, total sales increased 31.1% to
$772 million from $588 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable
store sales for the Company-owned stores increased 13.3% for the thirty-week
period compared to the same thirty-week period last year.
The Company is a specialty retailer of private label, sophisticated,
casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories, and other
non-clothing gift items. The Company operates 715 women's specialty stores,
including stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico's, White House | Black
Market and Soma by Chico's names. The Company owns 477 Chico's front-line
stores, 28 Chico's outlet stores, 182 White House | Black Market front-line
stores, 5 White House | Black Market outlet stores and 10 Soma by Chico's
stores; franchisees own and operate 13 Chico's stores.
For more detailed information, please call (877) 424-4267 to listen to the
Company's monthly sales information and investor relations line
A copy of a slide show addressing the Company's recent financial results and
current plans for expansion is available on the Company's website at
http://www.chicos.com in the investor relations section
Additional investor information on Chico's FAS, Inc. is available free of
charge on the Company's website at http://www.chicos.com in the investor
relations section
SOURCE Chico's FAS, Inc.
Charles J. Kleman, Chief Financial Officer, +1-239-274-4105, or F. Michael Smith,
Vice President Investor and Community Relations, +1-239-274-4797, both of
Chico's FAS, Inc.
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