Attached files
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| EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ALCO STORES INC | Financial_Report.xls |
| 10-Q - ALCO STORES INC 10-Q 8-3-2014 - ALCO STORES INC | form10q.htm |
| EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - ALCO STORES INC | ex31_1.htm |
| EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - ALCO STORES INC | ex31_2.htm |
| EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - ALCO STORES INC | ex32_2.htm |
EX-12
ALCO Stores, Inc.
Same-Store Sales and Gross Margin
(amounts in thousands except average basket and gross margin percentage)
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Thirteen Week Periods Ended
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Twenty-Six Week Periods Ended
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August 3, 2014
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August 4, 2013
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August 3, 2014
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August 3, 2013
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Sales
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$
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105,850
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$
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116,095
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$
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205,910
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$
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223,728
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Customer transactions
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4,331
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4,712
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8,349
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8,998
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Average basket
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$
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24.44
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$
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24.64
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$
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24.66
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$
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24.64
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Gross Margin
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$
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30,499
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37,243
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$
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59,846
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$
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69,529
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Gross margin percentage
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28.8
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%
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32.1
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%
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29.1
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%
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31.1
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%
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(1)
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Same-stores are those stores which were open at the end of the reporting period, had reached their fourteenth month of operation, and include store locations, if any, that had experienced a remodel, an expansion, or relocation. Same-stores also include the Company’s transactional website.
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(2)
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Same-store results exclude the Company’s two fuel center locations.
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(3)
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Average basket is calculated by dividing sales by customer transactions.
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(4)
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Gross margin percentage is defined as sales less cost of sales, expressed as a percentage of sales.
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