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

Alabama
Mobile: Q2 sales up 26 percent from 2004, transactions up 11 percent; Q3 sales up 23 percent, transactions up 11 percent
Tuscaloosa: Q2 sales up 10 percent from 2004, transactions up 4 percent; Q3 sales up 13 percent, transactions up 8 percent

Louisiana
Baton Rouge: Q2 sales up 18 percent from 2004, transactions up 12 percent; Q3 sales up 10 percent, transactions up 4 percent
Lafayette: Q2 sales up 12 percent from 2004, transactions up 6 percent; Q3 sales up 4 percent, transactions down 2 percent
Houma: Q2 sales up 8 percent from 2004, transactions up 3 percent; Q3 sales unchanged, transactions down 7 percent
Lake Charles: Q2 sales up 12 percent from 2004, transactions up 5 percent; Q3 sales up 2 percent, transactions down 8 percent
New Orleans: Q2 sales up 12 percent from 2004, transactions up 6 percent; Q3 sales down 14 percent, transactions down 21 percent