Stein Mart September Comp Rises 4.9% - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - For the month of September, Stein Mart, Inc. (SMRT) Thursday reported a 6.5 percent increase in total sales to $119.4 million from $112.2 million in the same period last year. Comparable-store-sales rose by 4.9 percent year-over-year. On a geographic basis, Texas and the Carolinas had the strongest sales, while California, Arizona and the Northeast performed lower than the chain. For the thirty-five week period ended October 4, 2014, total sales grew by 3.1 percent to $832.9 million from $807.8 million last year, while comparable-store-sales increased 2.4 percent.