Details about Zumiez September comps

Important industry retailer Zumiez reported this morning that same store sales, a key metric of a retailer’s performance, rose 5.6% in the important back-to-school month of September.

In August, also a popular time for school shopping, comps rose 3.7%.

Strong categories in September included footwear, men’s, junior’s and hardgoods.

Weak categories were accessories and boys.

Comps by week were:

1. +8.7%

2. +7.5%

3. +0.5%

4. +4.7%

5. +3.6%

The dollars per transactions increased, while the number of transactions decreased.

Year to date, Zumiez comps are up 8.8%. The company has forecast a 3% to 5% comp increase for Q3.

The company ended the period with 489 stores, and 433 of those were included in the comp store calculations.