Coldwater Creek Inc., Sandpoint, ID, reported yesterday that net sales for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 29 increased 21 percent, totaling $204 million.
The multichannel marketer of women's apparel also reported that year-end net sales for fiscal 2004 totaled $590 million, a 14 percent gain over the previous year.
“Fiscal 2004 was a period in which we successfully opened 48 full-line retail stores and demonstrated the company's ability to execute our retail expansion strategy,” chairman/CEO Dennis Pence said in a statement.
Net sales for the retail segment — which includes full-line retail stores, resort stores and outlet stores — jumped 48 percent to $98 million in the fourth quarter and 52.2 percent during the year to $296 million.
The retail segment represented 48 percent of the company's total net sales in the fiscal fourth quarter, compared with 39 percent in the same period a year ago. For the year, the retail segment's net sales represented 50 percent of Coldwater Creek's total net sales, compared with 37.5 percent a year ago.
In the direct segment, net sales totaled $106 million in the quarter, a 3 percent gain. For the year, however, net sales in the segment decreased 9 percent to $294 million.
Net sales for the Internet portion increased 25.5 percent to $62 million in the fourth quarter. For the year, online sales totaled $162 million, a 9 percent increase. The company's catalog net sales decreased 18 percent to $43.5 million in the quarter and fell 25 percent for the year. Catalog net sales totaled $132 million in 2004.
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