Catalog Success Exclusive: How Gulf Coast DM Sales Weathered the Ills of 2005

Mississippi
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula: Q2 sales up 12 percent from 2004, transactions up 2 percent; Q3 sales down 5 percent, transactions down 19 percent
Hattiesburg: Q2 sales up 8 percent from 2004, transactions up 5 percent; Q3 sales unchanged, transactions down 8 percent

Texas
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria: Q2 sales up 19 percent from 2004, transactions up 12 percent; Q3 sales up 10 percent, transactions up 6 percent
Beaumont-Port Arthur: Q2 sales up 9 percent from 2004, transactions up 2 percent; Q3 sales up 8 percent, transactions down 2 percent