Financial/Sales Results

AFC Enterprises—parent of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen—reported sales for the last quarter and fiscal year improved; domestic same store sales declined 1% for the quarter, compared with last year’s decline of 2.1%; it expects 2009 earnings to be at the upper end of its earlier estimate of 66-70 cents per share...DSW Inc has upped its previous estimates for 2009 due to better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter, and now expects that annual comparable store sales for its 305 footwear stores and 356 leased departments would rise to 3% and annual earnings would be $1.15-$1.25…Genesco Inc announced same store sales for the quarter rose 1%, with e-commerce and catalog direct sales rising 24%; for its divisions, they ranged from a high of 7% for Hat World to a –2% for Journeys Group...Brinker International, Inc said revenues for the quarter fell 7.6% to $781.9 million and comparable restaurant sales at Chili’s, On The Border, and Maggiano’s fell 3.2%, 4.7% and 1.6%, respectively...For the holiday period ended Jan 16, Borders Group, Inc announced total consolidated sales were down 13.7% to $848.8 million...Big Five Sporting Goods Corp reported sales for the fourth quarter of ‘09 were $237.6 million compared to $219.6 million and same-store sales were up 0.1%...For the quarter ended Dec. 29, ‘09, The Cheesecake Factory Inc said same-store sales fell 0.9% from a year ago when the chain posted a 7.1% decline...Belgium-based supermarket operator Delhaize Group said sales in the U.S. for the final quarter of ‘09 fell 8.5% to $4.64 billion; the company operates the Food Lion, Hannaford and Sweet Bay chains...Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc reported total revenues for the quarter ended Nov 30, ‘09 were down 7.6% to $6.9 million compared to revenues of $7.4 million...Atlanta, GA-based Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc reported sales for the fourth quarter ‘09 were up 0.4% to $162.4 million compared to $161.8 million and comparable store sales increased 2%. The company operates 121 showrooms in 17 states in the South and Midwest...Developers Diversified Realty Corp announced ‘09 financial accomplishments totaled $2 billion in capital raised...For the quarter ended Nov. 28, ‘09, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc reported net sales of $1.975 billion, an increase of 10.8% from net sales of $1.783 billion...Sonic Corp posted a 13% decline in net income to $6.2 million for the quarter ended Nov. 30, ‘09...Sears Holdings Corp announced comparable store sales for the month of Dec.‘09 for Kmart and Sears Domestic were up 5.3% and down 4.3%, respectively...Destination Maternity Corp said net sales for the month of Dec. ‘09 were up 2.4% to $46.7 million...Jacksonville, FL-based Stein Mart,

Inc reported sales for the month of Dec. ‘09 were down 4.4% to $170.2 million compared to $178 million and comparable store sales were down 2%...For the five weeks ended Jan. 2, Limited Brands, Inc announced same-store sales were down 2% and net sales were $1.66 billion compared to $1.64 billion...Net sales for the nine-week period ended Jan 2 increased 5.5% to $111.7 million for Kirkland’s, Inc and same-store sales were up 9.7%...Trans World Entertainment Corp, which operates under the names f.y.e. for you entertainment and Suncoast said total sales for the three months ended Jan 2, were $241 million compared to $287 million and comparable store sales were down 16%...For the month ended Jan 2, Abercrombie & Fitch, which operates 347 Abercrombie & Fitch stores, 208 abercrombie stores, 508 Hollister Co stores, 22 Ruehl stores and 16 Gilly Hicks stores in the U.S., reported net sales fell 11% to $482.5 million and same-store sales fell 19%...Aeropostale, Inc said total net sales for the five-week period ended Jan 2 were up 17% to $460.8 million from $392.7 million and same-store sales were up 10%.