AMES DEPARTMENT STORE <ADD> MARCH SALES UP
Ames Department Stores Inc
said sales for the five weeks ended April Four were up 8.2 pct
to 164.0 mln dlrs from 151.6 mln dlrs a year earlier, with
same-store sales up 6.5 pct.
    The company said for the first nine weeks of its fiscal
year, sales were up 16.3 pct to 277.6 mln dlrs from 238.7 mln
dlrs a year before, with same-store sales up 14.5 pct.
 Reuter
