Tandy sales up 8%
Tandy Leather Factory has posted September sales of $4.7 million, up 8% compared with the $4.4 million it recorded in September 2009.
Year-to-date sales are also up 8%, totalling $42.6 million compared with $39.4 million during the corresponding period last year.
Retail Leathercraft sales rose 14% in September to $2.5 million compared with $2.2 million in September 2009. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $22.6 million this year, up 15% compared with $19.7 million during the same period in 2009.
Wholesale Leathercraft posted sales of $2.1 million for September, up 1% from September 2009 sales of $2 million. For the year to date, Wholesale Leathercraft sales are $18.8 million compared with $18.3 million in 2009, up 3%.
International Leathercraft's sales rose 21% to $148,000 in September compared with $122,000. Year-to-date sales are $1.2 million this year, a 26% increase over sales of $943,000 for the same period in 2009.
Chief executive officer and president, Jon Thompson, said: "September makes our fifteenth month of consecutive sales gains, a great trend. Our Retail Leathercraft division has reported sales gains for 22 consecutive months and our International Leathercraft division has reported sales gains every month since we opened the UK store in February 2008.
