Escalade Earnings Slip on Sales Increase

Escalade, Incorporated net sales for the second quarter and first half of the current year increased 2.9% and 5.7%, respectively. Earnings per share for the second quarter of 2006 were 8 cents per share compared to 17 cents per share last year and 18 cent

Swenson and Knowles Join Wasatch Ski Distribution

Pete Swenson and Rick Knowles have joined Wasatch Ski Distribution LLC as independent representatives to help market Ski Trab products. Pete, of Boulder, Colorado; currently works as the Vice President of sales for Mayfire, inc, where he markets co-op ad

Shoe Carnival Q2 Comps Slip 1.0%

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales of $146.9 million for the thirteen-week period ended July 29, 2006 compared to sales of $148.7 million for the thirteen-week period ended July 30, 2005. Comparable store sales decreased 1.0% for the second quarter of 200

Nordstrom July Comps Jump 5.3%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $842.6 million for the month ending July 29, 2006, an increase of 7.0% compared to sales of $787.3 million for the four-week period ending July 30, 2005. Same-store sales increased 5.3%.

DSW Q2 Comps Increase 2.2%

DSW Inc. comparable store sales increased 2.2% for the thirteen weeks ended July 29, 2006 compared to the thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2005. Net sales for the thirteen weeks increased 9.1% to $301.3 million from $276.2 million for the same period last ye

The Walking Company Q2 Comps Climb 5.9%

Big Dog Holdings, Inc., for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, consolidated net sales were $53.2 million, as compared with $43.4 million in 2005, a consolidated sales increased 22%. This was primarily due to the addition of 56 new The Walking Company stores

Target July Comps Increase 3.1%

Target Corporation net retail sales for the four weeks ended July 29, 2006 increased 9.6% to $3.937 billion from $3.593 billion for the four-week period ended July 30, 2005. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 3.1% from fiscal July 2005..

Dillard’s July Comps Fall 3%

Dillard's, Inc. sales for the month of July were $528.3 million compared to sales of $543.9 million last year. Sales decreased 3% for the four-week period in both total and comparable stores.

BJ’s Comps Climb 1.9% in July

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. sales for July 2006 increased by 5.4% to $613.3 million from $582.1 million in July 2005. On a comparable club basis, July sales increased by 1.9% versus last year, including a contribution from sales of gasoline of 1.1%.

Federated Comps Increase 3.3% in July

Federated Department Stores, Inc. total sales were $1.608 billion for the month of July, an increase of 61.3% compared to total sales of $998 million in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's sales for July were up 3.3%…

Foot Locker Q2 Comps Decline on Slow International Sales

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the second quarter ending July 29, 2006 of $1.303 billion, versus $1.304 billion in the comparable period last year, a decrease of 0.1%. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales decreased 1.3%. U.S. compara

Costco July Comps Climb 7%

Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales were $4.48 billion for the month of July, an increase of 11% from $4.02 billion in the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales increased 7%…