Ross Stores, Inc. saw sales of $561 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008, a 5% increase over the $537 million in sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 6, 2007. Same store sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008 declined 2% compared to sales dur
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Grenade Gloves Hires New Sales Manager
Grenade Gloves hired Marty Carrigan as West regional sales manager. Carrigan comes to the company with an extensive background in equipment, apparel and accessories for the action sports industry, with a heavy emphasis on winter sports. He earned a degree
Deckers Expects to Exceed Q3 Guidance
Deckers Outdoor Corporation expects third quarter 2008 sales, ended Sept. 30, to be approximately $195 million, which would represent an increase of 51% over 2007 levels, up from its previous guidance of an increase of approximately 34%. Based on higher t
Golf Rounds Increase in August
National golf rounds played in the U.S. were up 4.4% in August 2008 vs. August 2007, bringing the year-to-date total to 0.5% under last year's results, according to Golf Datatech. Year-to-date, the best-performing region compared to last year has bee
UST Promotoes VP of Engineering and Technical Sales
United Sports Technologies (UST) has promoted Robb Schikner as its new VP of engineering design and technical sales. Schikner has more than 17 years of golf shaft design expertise and previously served as UST’s director of engineering design and technical
New Balance Expands Product Management Team
New Balance has added two new members to its product management team. Tom Carleo has been named GM for the running and outdoor business units and Mark Cavanaugh will be strategic business unit manager for sport and outdoor. Both Carleo and Cavanaugh will
Lotto Sport Opens New Hong Kong Office
Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A. has opened a new Lotto Sport Hong Kong office. This subsidiary of Lotto Sport Italia will co-ordinate and handle the production, commerce and the logistics of the Asia Pacific and Americas regions. In addition, the Hong Kong bran
Dillard’s September Comps Decrease 12%
Dillard's, Inc. saw sales decrease 12% for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008 from the same period last year on both a total and comparable store basis. Sales were $568.5 million compared to sales for the five weeks ended October 6, 2007 of $649.2 mi
Costco Q4 Comps Increase 9%, September Comps Up 6% x-Gas
Costco Wholesale Corporation's fourth quarter sales increased 13% to $22.63 billion from $20.1 billion during same period last year. Comparable warehouse sales during the 16-week fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 increased 9% over the corresponding 16-we
JC Penney September Comps Drop 12.4%
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. comparable store sales decreased 12.4% for the five-week period ended Oct. 4, 2008, compared with the company's guidance for sales to decrease mid- to high-single digits. In last year's September period, comparable sto
Kohl’s September Comp Sales Down 5.5%
Kohl's Corporation saw total sales for the five-week month ended Oct. 4, 2008 increase 0.6% from the five-week month ended Oct. 6, 2007. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 5.5%. Total year-to-date sales were up 2.4% over the comparable prio
Bon-Ton Comps Fall 4.6% in September
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. comparable store sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008 decreased 4.6% compared with the prior year period. Total sales for the five weeks decreased 2.7% to $299.4 million compared with $307.9 million for the prior year perio
Target September Comps Down 3%
Target Corporation's net retail sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008 increased 2.5% to $5,320 million from $5,190 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 6, 2007. On this same basis, September comparable store sales declined 3%…
Nordstrom Sees Decreased September Comps, Lowers Q3 Expectations
Nordstrom, Inc. saw preliminary sales of $718 million for the five-week period ended Oct. 4, 2008, a decrease of 5.8% compared to sales of $762 million for the five-week period ended Oct. 6, 2007. Same-store sales decreased 9.6%. Preliminary quarter-to-da
Saks Comp Sales Fall 10.9% in September
Saks Incorporated owned sales totaled $273.2 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008 compared to $307.4 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 6, 2007, an 11.1% decrease. Comparable store sales decreased 10.9% for the period…
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