UPDATE 1-Jos A Bank Q2 results top Street

* Q2 EPS 68 cents vs est 54 cents

* Q2 sales up 10 percent to $167.7 mln

* Shares up 3 pct in pre-market trade

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Men's clothing and accessories retailer Jos. A Bank Clothiers Inc (JOSB.O) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit as same store sales rose 6.2 percent.

The retailer earned $12.5 million, or 68 cents a share, compared with $8.9 million, or 48 cents a share, a year ago.

Sales rose 10 percent to $167.7 million.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 54 cents a share, on revenue of $165.5 million, according to Reuters Estimates.

Shares of the Hampstead, Maryland-based company were up 3 percent at $44.00 in pre-market trade Wednesday. They closed at $42.71 Tuesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Vidya Lakshmi in Bangalore; Editing by Ratul Ray Chaudhuri)