Baby Bunting Group Limited announced sales results for the first six weeks of fourth quarter and year to date of 2018. The company have seen comparable store sales of negative 2.5% in the first 6 weeks of fourth quarter, driven by a higher level of market discounting and reduced transactional volumes as competitors liquidate stock.

Year to date total sales have grown 9.6% with transactional growth of 13.1%. Comparable store sales are flat year-on-year, with comparable store transaction growth of 2.7% year to date.

The company provided earnings guidance for the year 2018. For the year, the company expects EBITDA (excluding employee equity incentive expenses) to be in the range of $18 to $20 million, assuming no further material changes to market conditions.