An early Easter helped boost sales at the nation's store chains last month
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| Abercrombie |
Youth |
7.0 |
All three of its Abercrombie, Hollister and Ruehl chains posted sales gains |
| Aeropostale |
Youth |
15.9 |
Teen clothing chain upped its first-quarter earnings guidance |
| Costco |
Discount |
6.0 |
Says fewer reporting days in March hurt its sales by 1% to 2% |
| Federated Department Stores |
Dept. Stores |
2.3 |
Weak sales of home-related goods and colder-than-usual weather hurt March sales |
| Gap |
Clothing |
6.0 |
Easter shopping and spring discounts helped lift sales last month |
| Kohl's |
Dept. Stores |
16.8 |
Warm-weather clothing sales contributed to last month's strong performance |
| Limited |
Clothing |
8.0 |
March sales helped by Easter-related purchases and sales at its Bath & Body Works division |
| Nordstrom |
Dept. Stores |
15.0 |
Expects cooldown in April sales |
| Target |
Discount |
12.0 |
Early Easter boosted March sales; expects April sales to decline 2 to 4% |
| Wal-Mart Stores |
Discount |
4.0 |
Expects April sales to be flat to down 2%, warns on first-quarter profits |
Sources: Retailers, CNNMoney.com