The Cato Corporation reported sales results for the four weeks and second quarter ended August 2, 2014. For the four weeks, the company announced its sales rose 6% to $65.3 million and same-store sales for the month were up 4% from a year earlier.

For the second quarter, sales were totaled $243.8 million, up 6% from sales of $229.4 million a year earlier. Same-store sales increased 3%.

The company anticipates its second-quarter earnings will be in the range of 50 cents to 53 cents per share, compared with 51 cents per share a year ago.