Several categories comp positive in January at Zumiez

<p>Zumiez reported Wednesday that January same store sales rose 1.8%.</p> <p>Positive categories included men’s, accessories, and boys. Weak categories were hardgoods, juniors and footwear.</p> <p>Comp sales by week were:</p> <p>1. up 5.4%</p> <p>2. up 0.7%</p> <p>3. down 1.1%</p> <p>4. up 2.6%</p> <p>Overall, the number of transactions rose and the dollar amount per transaction was flat.</p> <p>Same-store sales rose 5% in the South and 1% in the West and fell 2% in the Northeast and 6% in the Midwest.</p> <p>For the fourth quarter, same-store sales declined 1.7%.</p>