Insight Reports 4 minutes premiumApril 2018 US Same-Store Sales Author By Coresight Research May 18, 2018 Key PointsCoresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports. Our monthly US Same-Store Sales Report reviews comparable sales metrics reported by Costco, Buckle and Cato. Highlights from our April US Same-Store Sales report: Same-store sales for Costco saw an acceleration in April versus the same period last year. Cato and Buckle continued to report negative comps for the month. Costco and L Brands beat estimates. Mass-merchant Costco saw comps increase by 10.9% year over year in April versus the 8.3% consensus estimate. Hardlines were up by the high single digits year over year, with better-performing departments including office, tires and majors. L Brands reported flat comps overall in April.Victoria’s Secret’s comps were down 2% and Bath & Body Works’ comps were up 6%. May 18, 2018 premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: