Author: James Hartford

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004 increased 82.9% to $114.8 million, including $52.0 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $62.8 million for the same period last year. Bon-Ton com

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. reported that comparable Department Store sales increased 2.0% for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004. Catalog/Internet sales increased 3.3%, with Internet increasing nearly 30% for the period. JCP estimates that the hurrican

Saks Incorporated announced that total September sales decreased 3.8% and comparable store sales decreased 4.0% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales decreased 10.9% for SDSG and increased 5.8% for SFAE for the month…

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.349 billion for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004, a decrease in total sales of 0.2% compared to total sales of $1.352 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated&#

The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net sales of $1.34 billion for the five-week period ended Oct. 2, 2004, an 18.0% increase from $1.14 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 1.5%. September store-fo

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales decreased 6.5% during the September reporting period, the five weeks ended October 2, 2004. September same-store sales decreased 5.6% excluding the approximately 440
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