Casual clothing, sportswear and footwear retailer JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. has posted sales and earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending February 3, 2007.

For the first quarter of the current fiscal year, net income was $5.9 million compared with net income of $6.7 million in the same period last year.

Based on recent positive sales and gross margin trends, the company expects to generate a double-digit percentage increase in earnings per share for the full year of fiscal 2006.

Total sales for the first quarter of the current fiscal year increased 17.7% to $113.7 million, compared with $96.6 million in the comparable period in the prior year. Comparable stores sales increased 4.7%, while combined catalogue and Internet sales increased 25%.