Stein Mart December sales get holiday boost

Home Textiles Today Staff //News & Commentary//January 7, 2016

Jacksonville, Fla. – With business “relatively consistent” across all of its regions, Stein Mart, Inc. enjoyed a mid single digit sales increase last month.

Sales rose 4.7% in December to $198.3 million.

Comps for the five-week month, ended January 2, were up 1.8% on top of a 5.8% comparable store sales increase last year.

For the 48-week year-to-date period, total sales rose 3.4% to $1.29 billion, and comps increased 1.2%.

The company operated 278 stores by the end of December compared to 270 stores last year.

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