{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000885245-21-000036","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BKE","cik":"0000885245","company_name":"BUCKLE INC","filed_at":"2021-10-07T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:15.991943+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-28T22:25:31.178252+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Buckle reports 17.8% comp sales increase for Sept; VP Supply Chain retires after 38 years","bullets":["Comparable store net sales for 5-week Sept period up 17.8% YoY; net sales $111.2M (+17.3% vs $94.9M).","Year-to-date (35 weeks) comp sales up 61.8%; net sales $817.1M (+62.0% vs $504.4M).","Diane Applegate, VP Supply Chain and Merchandising Ops, to retire at end of fiscal year after 38 years of service.","No replacement has been named; CEO thanked Applegate for her contributions."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-21-000036","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-21-000036.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-21-000036.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000885245-21-000036.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524521000036/0000885245-21-000036-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524521000036/bke-20211007.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-28T22:25:31.178252+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"fe5fc56154","claim":"Diane L. Applegate retired as Vice President of Supply Chain and Merchandising Operations at BUCKLE INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On October 7, 2021, The Buckle, Inc. (the \"Company\") issued a press release announcing that Diane L. Applegate, Vice President of Supply Chain and Merchandising Operations, will retire from her position with the Company at the end of the current fiscal year.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885245/000088524521000036/0000885245-21-000036-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retired"},{"label":"Role","value":"Vice President of Supply Chain and Merchandising Operations"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}