Specialty retailer of ladies’ fashion footwear, Bakers Footwear Group, Inc., has reported improved second quarter fiscal 2006 net sales.

For the thirteen weeks ended July 29, net sales increased 4.2% to$47.2 million, compared with $45.3 million in the thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2005. Comparable store sales in the second quarter decreased 6.4%, as compared with a 12.7% increase in the comparable period last year.

For the twenty-six-week year-to-date period ended July 29, net sales increased 7.5% to $97 million, up from $90.2 million in the same period last year. Year-to-date comparable store sales decreased 3.6% compared with a 10.1% increase in the first half of 2005.

The company currently operates over 240 stores across the USA under two formats, Bakers and Wild Pair.