Tandy Leather Factory Reports Monthly Sales Through November 27 Up 14% Compared to Same Period Last Year
With Three Selling Days Remaining, Retail SSS Up 12%, Wholesale SSS Up 13%, Intl SSS Up 45%
FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov 29, 2012 (Menafn - GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. TLF reported today that monthly sales through November 27 were 6.3 million, up 14% compared to November sales through the same period of 2011. The company plans to report November's full month and year-to-date sales in a subsequent release once the month is completed.
With three selling days remaining, Retail Leathercraft's sales rose 13% to 3.7 million compared to last year's sales for the same period of 3.3 million. The 77 comparable stores' sales were up 12% compared to the same period last year. The one store opened in November 2012 added November sales of 22,000 through November 27..
Wholesale Leathercraft posted monthly sales of 2.3 million through November 27, up 10% compared to last year's sales for the same period of 2.1 million. Within the Wholesale Leathercraft division, the wholesale same store sales were up 13% so far this month while the National Account group's sales were down 36% compared to sales through November 27 last year.
International Leathercraft reported monthly sales through November 27 of 311,000, up 60% compared to sales of 194,000 for the same period last year. So far this month, same store sales, consisting of the UK and Australia stores, were up 45% compared to last year's comparable period. The Spain store which opened in January 2012 added November sales so far of 29,000.
Chief Executive Officer and President, Jon Thompson, commented, "The strength of our sales continued into November even though the month is not over yet. The one store that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy has been closed all month as the building is being repaired, but its closing has not had a significant impact on our sales results. We are hopeful that it will re-open in another few weeks."
Shannon L. Greene, Chief Financial Officer, added, "We were very pleased with our Thanksgiving weekend sales as we achieved a 22% sales gain compared to the same weekend in 2011. We are off to a great start to the Christmas shopping season."
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products through its 29 Leather Factory stores, located in 19 states and 3 Canadian provinces, 78 Tandy Leather retail stores, located in 37 states and 6 Canadian provinces, and three combination wholesale/retail stores located in the United Kingdom, Australia and Spain. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq with the symbol "TLF". To be included on Tandy Leather Factory's email distribution list, go to http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=1625&to=ea&s=0.
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CONTACT: Shannon L. Greene
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.
(817) 872-3200
sgreene@tandyleather.com
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(317) 867-2839
MGilbert@MagellanFin.com
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