Nearly 500 specialty retail stores nationwide are on tap to participate in the first-ever VERB Project Zero Degrees winter sports program. This program was developed in cooperation with SnowSports Industries America (SIA), and the US Department of Health
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Backcountry.com Vets Launch Ski-Only E-Commerce Site
In a minor case of e-commerce anarchy, a couple of e-commerce veterans and skiing fanatics severed their ties to the mothership and powered up the servers to Tramdock.com – the Web’s first ski shop that’s 100 percent dedicated to skiing 365 days a year.
COLIBI Elects New VP
Mr Davide Brambilla, CEO of Bianchi in Treviglio, Italy, has been elected Vice-President of COLIBI, the trade association representing the European Bicycle Industry. Davide Brambilla was appointed at the COLIBI General Assembly in Brussels on 25 November
November Comps Climb 6% at Stage Stores
Stage Stores' total sales for the four-week period
ended November 27, 2004 increased 8.0% to $103.8 million from $96.1 million in the prior year four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 6.0% versus a decrease of 5.8%
Goody’s November Comps Down 0.6%; Revises Same Store Guidance
Goody's Family Clothing total sales for fiscal month of November 2004 were $126.4 million, an increase of 3.9% from total sales of $121.7 million for the fiscal month of November 2003. Comparable store sales for November 2004 decreased 0.6% when comp
Wal-Mart November Comps Inch up 0.7%
Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for November increased 8.7% to $23.5 billion compared to $21.7 billion last year. Same store sales for the month increased 0.7% compared to an increase of 3.9% last year…
Pacific Sunwear November Comps Climb 2.7%
Pacific Sunwear of California total sales for the four weeks of November of fiscal 2004 were $95.6 million, an increase of 13.4% over total sales of $84.3 million for the four weeks of November of fiscal 2003. Company same-store sales increased 2.7% for t
Nordstron Sees Comps Rise 3.1% in November
Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $667.6 million for the four-week period ending November 27, 2004, an increase of 6.2% compared to sales of $628.4 million for the four-week period ending November 29, 2003. Same-store
sales increased 3.1%…
J.C. Penney November Comps Up 12% on Thanksgiving Shift
J. C. Penney comparable department store sales
increased 12.0% for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004. Sales were positive across all merchandise categories and all regions of the country. Results reflected record sales for the two days following Than
Bon-Ton November Comps Climb 5.4%; Elder-Beerman Declines 1.6%
The Bon-Ton Stores' total sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004 increased 1.4% to $143.2 million compared to $141.2 million for the same period last year. Bon-Ton comparable store sales increased 5.4%…
November Comps Drop 5.3% at Retail Ventures
Retail Ventures' total sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004, increased 1.9% to $258.9 million from $254.0 million for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 5.3% for the
four week period…
VF Announces Several New Outdoor Coalition Positions
VF Corporation announced several new appointments within its rapidly growing Outdoor coalition. Mike Corvino has been promoted to President of JanSport. Todd Yates has assumed responsibility of VP of Research, Design & Development and Marketing for JanSpo
Dillards November Comps Decrease 3%
Dillard's sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004 were $558,259,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 of $574,043,000. Sales declined 3% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis.
Oakley Thump Hits $1 million in Sales
Oakley announced positive results from the release of Oakley THUMP, the company's integrated MP3 player sunglass. Sales at retail of Oakley THUMP from the company's own retail stores and Circuit City alone have exceeded the $1 million mark since
Federated Re-Affirms Guidance on Negative November Comps
Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $1.434 billion for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004, a decrease of 1.6% compared to total sales of $1.459 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's November sale
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