Gap’s same store sales fall

Clothing seller Gap Inc. had higher sales in September, but its same store sales fell 2 percent. Same store sales compare performance only at stores open a full year or more, and theyre considered an important measure of a retailers health. In the five weeks ended Oct. 2, Gap (NYSE: GPS) had sales of $1.34 billion, up from sales of $1.33 billion in the equivalent five weeks a year ago. Only international sales saw a jump in same store figures -- they grew 3 percent. Same store sales were flat at Banana Republic, and they fell 1 percent at