Zale holiday sales lag

Dallas -- Zale Corp. reported Tuesday that same-store sales for the holiday selling season of November and December 2011 rose 5.9%, compared with an 8.5% gain in the same period last year. Within the two-month period, same-store store sales increased 10.1% in November and 4.2% in December. Revenues for the two-month period were $564 million, compared with $533 million in the same period last year, an increase of 5.8%.