BELLPORT, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:PERF) announced today that Perfumania, one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries which operates specialty retail fragrance stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, reported total net sales of $17.7 million for the four week fiscal month of October 2011 which ended October 29, 2011 versus $16.9 million for the four week fiscal month of October 2010 which ended October 30, 2010. For the third quarter of 2011, total net sales were $59.5 million versus $56.4 million last year. On a year-to-date basis, total net sales were $180.2 million in the current year compared with $164.8 million last year. For the month of October 2011, comparable store sales increased by 5.9%. For the third quarter ending October 2011, comparable store sales increased by 8.4%. Comparable store sales on a year-to-date basis increased by 12.4%. Comparable store sales measure sales from stores that have been open for one year or more. We exclude stores that are closed for renovation from comparable store sales from the month during which renovation commences until the first full month after reopening.
| PERFUMANIA OCTOBER, THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 RETAIL SALES ($'s in $000's): | ||||||
| FY | FY | FY | ||||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||
| (Decrease) | (Decrease) | Increase | ||||
| Increase | Increase | (Decrease) | ||||
| Number of Stores, October | 344 | (6.5%) | 368 | (0.8%) | 371 | |
| October Total Retail Sales | $17,663 | 4.5% | $16,902 | 1.9% | $16,583 | |
| Third Quarter Total Retail Sales | $59,481 | 5.6% | $56,351 | (0.3%) | $56,537 | |
| Year-to-Date October Total Retail Sales | $180,156 | 9.3% | $164,778 | 2.6% | $160,658 | |
| October Comparable Store Sales | 5.9% | 5.1% | 5.3% | |||
| Third Quarter Comparable Store Sales | 8.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |||
| Year-to-Date October Comparable Store Sales | 12.4% | 2.6% | (6.7%) | |||
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