Author: James Hartford

Southern Athletic has tapped Winning Edge Sales Group, Inc. to nationally represent the Southern Athletic line of team uniforms and accessories. Winning Edge Sales Group, Inc., formerly W. Lamar Young & Co, was the national sales agency for Bike Athletic

Ashworth Inc. announced that consolidated net revenue for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30th increased 20.6% to $52.6 million as compared to $43.6 million for the second quarter of 2002. Consolidated Q2 net income increased 22.9% to $4.3 million,

Quiksilver, Inc. announced consolidated net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 ended April 30, 2003 increased 40% to $262.2 million compared to net sales of $187.4 million in the year-ago period. Consolidated net income for Q2 was $22.6 million,

The Fair Labor Association made public findings from independent audits of seven major footwear and apparel companies, probing the protection of workers rights in the companies’ global operations on a factory-by-factory basis. The companies included in t

Lackluster sales reports from most retail major chains showed that consumers weren't quite ready to loosen their purse strings yet, analysts said Thursday. Additionally, the Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of American workers f

The Forzani Group Ltd. announced retail system sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 grew by 18.2% to $237.2 million compared to $200.8 million for the same period of the previous year. Total comparable store sales were up 2.6%. Corporate store comp

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended May 31, 2003 decreased 3.2% to $244.2 million from $252.3 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 3.1%.
The Company expects consolida

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.20 billion for the four weeks ended June 1, 2003, an increase of 9 percent from $2.95 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable sales for the 4-week period were up 4.0%

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended May 31, 2003 increased 7.3% to $39.6 million from sales of $36.9 million for the four-week period ended June 1, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 3.8% for the month…

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced comparable store sales for the four weeks ended May 31, 2003 decreased 0.9%.
Total sales for the month decreased 1.6% to $51.1 million versus $51.9 million reported for the same period last year…

Stage Stores Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the four-week period ended May 31, 2003 decreased 6.6% as compared to the prior year four-week period ended June 1, 2002, during which comparable store sales increased 8.8%. Total sales decreased

The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended May 31, 2003 increased 4.4 percent to $23.8 million from sales of $22.8 million in the corresponding four-week period ended June 1, 2002. Comparable store sales were flat…

Gottschalks Inc. announced that May 2003 same store sales increased 3.4% from the prior year. Total sales increased 0.7% to $50.1 million from $49.7 million in May 2002…

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales for the fiscal month of May 2003 of $96.0 million, an increase of 5.1% over total sales for the fiscal month of May 2002 of $91.3 million. Comparable store sales for May 2003 increased 3.5% over May

Stein Mart, Inc. announced total sales for the four-week May period were $108.2 million, a 4.0% decrease from the $112.6 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for May decreased 6.5% from 2002 to 2003…