Merrell Launches First Retail Store in Huntington, NY

Merrell will open the doors of its first U.S. retail store in Huntington, New York on Saturday, December 10, 2005. The 1,100 sq. foot store, located about 40 miles outside New York City and in the heart of Huntington Village, will carry more than 350 sty

Backcountry.com Named to ‘the Top 50 Best of the Web’

Backcountry.com has again been named one of “the Top 50 Best of the Web” businesses by Internet Retailer magazine. The recognition is the second time in three years that the outdoor specialty online retailer has been pegged as one of the most progressive

Shopko November Comps Fall 3.9%

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended November 26, 2005 decreased 4.7% to $260.1 million from $272.8 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 3.9%…

Costco Comps Climb 6% in November

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.45 billion for the month of November, an increase of 9% from $4.08 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales climbed 6% durin teh month…

Stage Stores November Comps Up 6.6%

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for the month of November increased 6.6% to $110.6 million from $103.8 million in the prior year four-week period ended November 27, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 4.6% compared to an increase of 6.0% l

Gottschalks November Comps Inch Up 0.5%

Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of November increased 0.5% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 1.8% to $62.5 million from $61.4 million in November 2004…

Gildan Q4 Income Jumps 73% on 24% Sales Increase

Gildan reported fiscal fourth quarter net earnings of $29.2 million and diluted E.P.S. of 48 cents, up respectively 73.6% and 71.4% from the fourth quarter of last year. Sales in the fourth quarter amounted to $180.7 million, up 24.1% from the fourth quar

Nordstrom Comps Climb 2.8% in November

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $706.5 million for the month of November, an increase of 5.8%compared to sales of $667.6 million for the same period in 2004. Same-store sales increased 2.8%…

Wal-Mart Comps Climb 4.3% in November

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the month of November incresed 9.4% to $25.8 billion compared to $23.5 billion last year. Same store sales increased 4.3%…

PacSun November Comps Inch-Up 3%

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for the month of November were $107.3 million, an increase of 12.1% over total sales of $95.7 million during the same period last year. Total Company same store sales increased 3.0% during the

Bon-Ton Comps Slip 0.9% in November

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. total and comparable store sales for the month of November decreased 0.9% to $141.9 million compared to $143.2 million for the same period last year…

Federated November Comps Fall 3.4%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $2.738 billion for month of November, an increase of 89.3% compared to total sales of $1.446 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's November sales were down 3

Dillards Comps Rise 1% in November

Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the month of November were $561.0 million compared to sales of $558.3 million last year during the same period. Sales were unchanged on a percentage basis in total stores. Sales in comparable stores increased

BJ’s Wholesale Comps Inch-Up 1.8%

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. reported that sales for November increased by 5.3% to $621.8 million from $590.6 million in November 2004. On a comparable club basis, sales increased by 1.8% for the month of November, including a contribution from sales of