Bon-Ton Stores' comparable Christmas sales drop 2.9 percent

The Bon-Ton Stores has announced that its comparable store sales for the nine-week holiday period ended December 30, 2017 decreased 2.9 percent, while total sales for the period were 720.8 million dollars compared to 752.1 million dollars in the prior year period. The company said, its best performing categories over the period were cosmetics, children's, outerwear and fine jewellery.