Author: James Hartford

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of August 2003 increased by 1.0% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased by 1.6% to $47.2 million from $48.0 million in August 2002…

Stage Stores Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the four-week period ended Aug. 30, 2003 decreased 7.3% as compared to the prior year four-week period ended Aug. 31, 2002, during which comparable store sales increased 4.5%. Total sales decrease

Pacific Sunwear reported that total sales for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2003 were $136.7 million, an increase of 24.0% over total sales of $110.2 million for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2002. Company same store sales increased 15.6% for th

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced August retail sales at Famous Footwear rose 3.7% to $135,800,000 for the four-week period ended August 30, 2003, compared to $131,000,000 for the same period last year (ended August 31, 2002). Same-store sales for Augus

The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. announced that The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. has proposed a combination of the two companies. Bon-Ton indicated that it is prepared to sign a merger agreement that would provide all Elder-Beerman shareholders with $7.00 in cash f

Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 increased 12.4 percent to $3.632 billion from $3.231 billion for the four-week period ended August 31, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 5.7% from fiscal A

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.078 billion for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003, a decrease of 0.6% from total sales of $1.084 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's August sales wer

Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced that its cash offer, through its wholly owned subsidiary Luxottica South Pacific Pty Limited, for all shares, options and performance rights of OPSM Group Limited was successfully completed and closed on September 2, 2003.