In addition, the company announced that comparable store sales increased by 2.9% for the first two months of the fourth quarter.

The company continues to expect fiscal 2015 net sales to be in the range of 980 million US dollars to 987 million US dollars, with a comparable store sales increase of approximately 3.0%.

Earnings per diluted share for the fiscal year are expected to be in the range of 1.38 US dollars to 1.43 US dollars. This represents an increase of 9% to 13% over fiscal 2014 earnings per diluted share of 1.27 US dollars.