Going Up

Los Angeles–based American Apparel announced its unaudited same-store sales for June and for the year’s second quarter, which ended June 30, 2008. June store sales at its 145 stores open for more than one year increased 16 percent over the same period last year. For the second quarter, comparable-store sales increased 23 percent over the same period last year. American Apparel opened four new retail stores in June in Studio City, Calif.; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain; and Florence, Italy.