Bon-Ton

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percent from August 2007 and total sales for August weredown 9.3 percengt from a year ago. Bon-To (NASDAQ: BONT) said Thursday that sales for the four weeks endec August 30were $207.1 million, comparex with $228.3 million for the prior Year-to-date total sales were $1.58 billion compare with $1.67 billion for the same periofd last year. “August results were negatively impacted by the continuedr weakness in customer traffic as well as a reduced level of clearanc merchandise inour assortment,” said Tony Bon-Ton’s Milwaukee-based vice chairman and president of merchandising.
“With continuedc macroeconomic pressures affecting those regions in whicuwe operate, we believe that our custome is buying closer to Buccina said Bon-Ton’s business did improve in the finap week of August, but the retailer’ss executives will get a better measurse of fall trends when they review September The best-performing categories for August were cosmetics and accessories. Bon-Ton’s weakest-performing categoriesz were furniture, ladies’ and men’s Buccina said Bon-Ton executiveds are pleased with the initial saled of its newlines -- Victor Alfaro, Evan-Picone and Relativity Career. Bon-Tonh Stores, which is based in Pa.
, operates 280 stores, includingf 12 furniture galleries, under the Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson Piriwe Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s and Younkers nameplates and, underf the Parisian nameplate, three stores in the Detroit