Comparable store sales declined by 7.8 percent at Wilsons The Leather Experts in May, compared to a 0.6 percent increase for the same period in 2000. Overall sales for the period increased by 58.3 percent to $29.7 million, pushed up by the acquisition in the past seven months of travel product and luggage stores under the El Portal, Bentley's luggage and California Luggage Outlet brands.

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