Author: James Hartford

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of November 2004 decreased 8.1% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 8.4% to $61.4 million from $67.1 million in November 2003. For the month the Company operated one less

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended November 27, 2004 increased 4.2% to $45.2 million from sales of $43.4 million for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 1.7% in November 2004…

The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended November 27, 2004 increased 4.5% to $40.3 million from sales of $38.5 million in the corresponding four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 0.4% for th

Ashworth, Inc. announced that it has received the Best Apparel award in an annual poll of the golfing public held by leading European golf magazine “Today's Golfer.” This is the second consecutive year that Ashworth has won the publication's pre

The Finish Line, Inc. reported net sales of $235.3 million for the third quarter ended November 27, an increase of 16% over net sales of $202.0 million for Q3 last year. Comparable store net sales for Q3 increased 8% on top of a 25% increase reported for

Retailer Saks Incorporated total sales for November increased 3.0% and comparable store sales increased 2.4% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales decreased 0.6% for SDSG and increased 6.8% for SFAE for the month. Sales below are in

Stein Mart, Inc. announced total sales and comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended November 27, 2004 rose 2.5% to $140.3 million from $137.0 million in the year-ago month. Same-store sales increased 2.0% for the period…

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported that sales for November 2004 were $1.4 billion, up 10% over $1.3 billion achieved during the four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended November 27, 2004, i

Gert Boyle, Chairman of Columbia Sportswear Company®, Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield. and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher on Thursday commenced the official dedication of Columbia's new Robards, KY-based distribution center. Columbia anticipates

Oakley, Inc. has entered into an agreement with The Hockey Company to be the company's exclusive worldwide distributor for its patented, optically correct, hockey face shields. By way of the distribution agreement, THC will begin marketing and dist

The National Sporting Goods Association is sponsoring the first-of-its-kind workshop that will seek ways to stimulate growth in the nearly $15 billion athletic footwear market. The workshop will be held Tuesday, May 24, at the 41st Annual NSGA Management

Les Otten, the man who engineered the 2002 purchase of the Boston Red Sox, will be an added featured speaker at the International Business Intelligence Series during The Super Show/ 2005 (January 17-19, 2005, Orlando, FL). Otten will speak about topics r