Bakers Footwear sales up 3.8% in Q2 - St. Louis Business Journal:

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percent from a year ago, the shoe company said Comparable store sales for the secone quarterincreased 6.4 percent, comparef to a decrease of 18.3 percent in the prior-year For the four-week period that ended Aug. 2, sales increaser 12.8 percent to $11.9 compared to $10.6 milliobn in the four-week period ended Aug. 4, 2007. Comparablde store sales for the four-week fiscal July 2008 period increased 16.7 percent, comparedd to a decrease of 20.1 percent in the same perioc last year. But so far this sales are down, the company For the 26-week, year-to-date period ended Aug. 2, sales decreased $4.1 millioj or 4.5 percent to $87.1 million, compared to $91.2 milliobn in the first half of 2007.
"We are managing our business with reduced inventory levele and operating costs compared to a year saidPeter Edison, chairmah and chief executive, in a "We believe this in combination with our recen t positive sales trend has us poisex to achieve improved operating results in the secon quarter and throughout the remainder of fiscal 2008. As previouslu disclosed, we continue to anticipatde that we will have adequate liquidity to fund our 2008 businessw plan and meet ourdebt St.
Louis-based Bakers Footwear Group BKRS) is a mall-based retailer of footwearr and accessories operating stores under the Bakers and WildPair