Celebrate Reports $69 Million in Annual Sales

Celebrate Express Inc., a party products catalog and online marketer, yesterday reported sales increased 33% to $69.1 million for the fiscal year that ended May 31, compared to $51.9 million last year.

During fiscal 2005 the Kirkland-WA based company acquired roughly 415,000 new customers. Orders from repeat customers accounted for about 51% of revenues.

Celebrate shipped 851,000 orders in fiscal 2005, up from 666,000 orders last year. Web site sales accounted for 64% of total net sales in the fourth quarter, up from 57% the prior year.