40 basis points over FY 2015. Segment operating earnings were $410 million, down 0.6 percent from $412 million in FY 2015. Segment operating margins were 17.3 percent of sales, down 40 basis points primarily due to higher investments in information technology and labor cost inflation.
Sally Beauty Supply ended the fiscal year with 3,781 stores worldwide: 2,917 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and the remaining 864 stores in Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. Beauty Club Card memberships increased 12 percent to reach 9.9 million members. Beauty Systems Group Our Beauty Systems Group segment had sales growth of 5.5 percent, to reach $1.6 billion.
This performance can be attributed to a 5.5 percent growth in same store sales and the addition of 44 net new stores. BSG’s gross margin rose 20 basis points from FY 2015 to 41.5 percent. Operating earnings grew 10.1 percent over the prior year to $254 million. Operating margins improved by 60 basis points to reach a high of 16.0 percent of sales. This strong operating performance was primarily due to continued operating leverage and gross margin expansion. BSG ended the fiscal year with 1,338 stores, including 164 franchise stores, an increase of 44 stores over FY 2015. Distributor sales consultants totaled 936 at year-end.
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