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10-Q - ALCO STORES INC 10-Q 11-3-2013 - ALCO STORES INC | form10q.htm |
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - ALCO STORES INC | ex31_2.htm |
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - ALCO STORES INC | ex32_2.htm |
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - ALCO STORES INC | ex32_1.htm |
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - ALCO STORES INC | ex31_1.htm |
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - ALCO STORES INC | Financial_Report.xls |
Exhibit 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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Thirty-Nine Week Periods
Ended
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November 3,
2013
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October 28,
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November 3,
2013
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October 28,
2012
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Sales
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$
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101,101
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$
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104,134
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$
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327,646
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$
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332,609
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Customer transactions
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4,373
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4,554
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13,608
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14,321
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Average basket
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$
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23.12
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$
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22.86
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$
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24.08
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$
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23.22
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Gross Margin
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$
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26,404
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32,899
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$
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96,595
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$
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105,199
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Gross margin percentage
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25.8
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%
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31.1
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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) | 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. |
(2) | Same-store results exclude the Company's two fuel center locations. |
(3) | Average basket is calculated by dividing sales by customer transactions. |
(4) | Gross margin percentage is defined as sales less cost of sales, expressed as a percentage of sales. |