Kellwood Sees Continued Improvements in First Quarter

Kellwood Company Q1 net sales totaled $484.4 million, as compared to $493.8 million in the first quarter last year. Net earnings from continuing operations were $5.9 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, versus $1.1 million, or four cents per diluted sh

Kellwood’s Board Elects New Executive Team

Kellwood Company's Board of Directors elected new officers yesterday at the Company's June 7 board meeting. Five new officers were appointed, including a new CFO, a new chief strategy and marketing officer, and three new corporate VP's…

Vail Resorts Fiscal Q3 Earnings Climb

Vail Resorts, Inc. revenue increased $28.1 million, or 8.2%, in Q3 of fiscal 2007 to $369.5 million from $341.4 million for the comparable quarter last year. Income from operations for the quarter increased $12.9 million, or 10.5%, to $136.2 million. The

Costco May Comps Climb 7%

Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales were $5.14 billion for the month of May, the four weeks ended June 3, 2007, an increase of 11% from $4.63 billion in the same four-week period last year. Comps increased 7% for the month…

Stage Stores Comps Climb 1.4% in May; Cuts Q2 Guidance

Stage Stores, Inc. total sales for the four-week May period beginning May 6, 2007 and ending June 2, 2007 increased 9.8% to $116.6 million from $106.2 million in the prior year four-week period beginning April 30, 2006 and ending May 27, 2006. Moore store

The Buckle May Comps Climb 8.8%

The Buckle, Inc. May sales increased 13.3% to $35.3 million from net sales of $31.1 million for the prior year four-week fiscal month ended May 27, 2006. Comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, increased 8.8% from comparable store n

Gottschalks May Comps Slip 3.8%

Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of May 2007 decreased 3.8% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 5.1% to $46.4 million from $48.9 million in May 2006. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales decreased 1.5% from the sam

Stein Mart Comps Climb 2.5% in May

Stein Mart, Inc. total sales for the month of May decreased 0.6% to $ 118.9 million compared to $ 119.6 million last year. Comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended June 2, 2007 increased 2.5%…

Wal-Mart May Comps Inch-Up 1.1%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. May sales increased 7.7% to $28.26 billion compared to $26.23 billion in May of last year. Comparable store sales, excluding the impact of fuel sales at Sam's Club, increased 1.1% for the month.

Ross Stores May Comps Increase 1%

Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales of $450 million for May, a 9% increase over the $412 million in sales for the four weeks ended June 3, 2006. Same store sales for the four weeks ended June 2, 2007 increased 1% compared to the four weeks ended June 3, 2006

The TJX Companies See May Comps Jump 5%

The TJX Companies, Inc. May 2007 sales were $1.4 billion, up 9% over the $1.3 billion achieved during the four-week period ended June 3, 2006. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended June 2, 2007, increased 5% over last year…

Grassroots Early Show Ready to Launch

The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance will kick off its annual Early Show on June 11th. Historically, the Early Show is an invitation-only event for 30 vendors to meet with the 32 retailers in the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance. Each member
is required to meet wit

Chaco to Offset Travel to Grassroots Early Show

The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, Chaco Footwear, and Native Energy are proud to announce that travel for Grassroots
retail members, totaling 92 buyers, will be offset by Native Energy for this year's Early Show, slated for June 11th-14th at Snowbird

OR Hires New Digital Media Director

Nielsen Sports Group hired Matt Ramirez as the director of digital media for the biannual Outdoor Retailer (OR) trade shows. In this new position, Ramirez will develop and drive strategic marketing initiatives aimed at improving the overall digital exper