The company announced the total comparable store sales figures earlier this month.

This was Tim's best quarterly comparable store sales in three years.

But as Fred Katayama reports, its comparable store sales unexpectedly fell.

Shoe Carnival and Hibbett raised their full-year comparable store sales forecasts.

Profit is expected to be better than expected, helped by higher comparable store sales.

Analysts attribute McDonald's lackluster performance to a modest decline in U.S. comparable store sales.

However, Lowe's comparable store sales growth lagged that of Home Depot in the first quarter.

Analysts polled by Consensus Metrix had expected Lowe's comparable store sales to rise by 5 percent.

For Macy's and Kohl's, comparable store sales were the poorest since the depths of the recession.

The retailer's comparable store sales for the fourth quarter rose 2.6 percent.

Retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT.N and Macy's Inc M.N last week reported lower quarterly comparable store sales.

Zumiez Inc reported on Wednesday that January comparable store sales had fallen 7.6 percent.

First-quarter Belgian comparable store sales growth was 1.7 percent, against an expected 1.4 percent.

Kmart recorded a 3.8 percent fall in comparable store sales for the nine-week period.

Simon said Wal-Mart's pharmacies have seen double-digit comparable store sales growth since the program began last fall in Tampa, Florida.

The company posted a 3.9 percent rise in comparable store sales in the fourth quarter.