BEAUMONT, Texas–Conn’s, a specialty retailer of home products and consumer electronics, today reported sales for the quarter ended April 30 at $73.8 million, an increase of 7.9 percent over the same period a year ago, before ancillary revenue such as commissions and service fees.
However, all of that increase was attributed to consumer electronics. Sales of furniture and bedding, at $17.7 million, were down 1 percent, and sales of major appliances, at $55.6 million, dropped 3.5 percent.