Stein Mart December Comparable Store Sales Up 5.8% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Stein Mart, Inc. (SMRT) reported that comparable store sales for the five-week period ended January 3, 2015 increased 5.8 percent, Sales for the period also grew 7.9 percent to $189.5 million from sales of $175.6 million for the five-week period ended January 4, 2014.

For the 48-week period ended January 3, 2015, comparable store sales increased 3.1 percent. Total sales for the period also grew 4.2 percent to $1.25 billion from $1.20 billion in the same period last year.

Geographically, the Northeast, Midwest and Florida had the strongest sales in December, while the Gulf States and the West performed lower than the chain, the company said.