NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Signet Jewelers Ltd. said same store sales fell 1.9 percent in the 13 weeks to October 31 from a year earlier, with total sales down 2.5 percent on a reported basis to $613.6 million.

According to earnings released by the company yesterday, US sales, which comprise 74.9 percent of the group's total, equaled $459.3 million in the 13-week period ended October 31.

US same-store sales during this time were down 2.4 percent, an improvement over the second quarter when Signet's US same-store sales fell 5.5 percent.

Signet operates 554 stores in the UK under the brands H Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis.