According to company info, trials of the store for boys you mentioned are indeed going well, but we have no separate financial data on which to gauge that assertion further.
You're right that BBW's rents are higher, so my point is not to compare it to the other retailers on a cost for cost basis. It is simply to illustrate that same store sales does not tell the full story.
In BBW's case, a lot of their leases are coming due in the next 1-2 years, which should help them lower costs as you mentioned.
Build-A-Bear On Its Deathbed? [View article]
According to company info, trials of the store for boys you mentioned are indeed going well, but we have no separate financial data on which to gauge that assertion further.
Build-A-Bear On Its Deathbed? [View article]
You're right that BBW's rents are higher, so my point is not to compare it to the other retailers on a cost for cost basis. It is simply to illustrate that same store sales does not tell the full story.
In BBW's case, a lot of their leases are coming due in the next 1-2 years, which should help them lower costs as you mentioned.