SALES FORECAST FOR FEB. REVISED UPWARD BY AMES.

From: WWD | Date: February 26, 1999| Author: Seckler, Valerie | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- It's been a good week for robust regional discounter Ames Department Stores.

Ames had been projecting flat February business, said president and chief executive officer Joseph Ettore, and as the month draws to a close, the country's fourth-largest discounter expects "to blow that away."

Comparable-store sales climbed an average of 7.2 percent per month at Ames in 1998, and 8.3 percent last February.

Most major U.S. retailers will repo...

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