0 used to compare sales at company's stores in one period with the same stores in a different period, not including stores that have opened or closed during the period:
Growth in sales at stores open more than a year (known as same-store sales) fell in both 2000 and 2001.
The next year, same-store sales had become stagnant, and the company lost another $3 million.
In 2009, the brand saw multiple quarters of declines in same-store sales for the first time in recent memory.
This money was largely used to inflate same-store sales figures for the company.
For the 2003-04 fiscal year, while the parent enjoyed a 15 percent increase in second-quarter revenues, same-store sales increased only a tenth of a percent during that time.
Same-store sales decreased 2.8 percent from the previous fiscal year, primarily due to heavy competition.
