Black Diamond Shuffles the Deck

Black Diamond announced a handful of new hires. Paul Terry has been hired as the Senior Industrial Designer. Bill Reiman has been promoted to the new post of Director of Project Engineering along with two new engineers, James Grutta and Wendy Langan. Mark

NSGA: Sporting Goods Sales Grew 25% in Five Years

Sporting goods store sales grew 25% in the United States during the five-year period 1997-2002, according to an NSGA analysis of recently released U.S. Census of Retail data. Sales in sporting goods stores, which include full-line stores and specialty spo

Wal-Mart October Comps Climb 2.4%

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending October 29, 2004, of $21.042 billion, an increase of 10.4% over the $19.066 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year. Sales for the
thirty-nine week period were $203.045 bil

Gottschalks October Comps Fall 1.9%

Gottschalks same store sales for the month of October
2004 decreased 1.9% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 2.3% to $43.8 million from $44.9 million in October 2003. For the month theCompany operated one less store than the same p

Goody’s October Comps Drop 1.7%

Goody's Family Clothing, reported comparable store sales declined by 1.7% for the full month of October. Total sales for the month were up 1.8% to $96.4 million compared to 94/7 million last year…

October Comps fall 3.1% at ShopKo

ShopKo Stores consolidated sales for the four weeks ended
October 30, 2004 decreased 2.9% to $228.7 million from $235.5 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 3.1%…

PacSun October Comps Climb 8.5%

Pacific Sunwear of California reported that total sales for the four weeks of October of fiscal 2004 were $74.9 million, an increase of 19.6% over total sales of $62.6 million for the four weeks of October of fiscal 2003. Company same-store sales increase

Shoe Pavilion Comps Fall 6.3% in Q3

Shoe Pavilion reported net sales decreased 4.2% to $20.7 million for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004, from net sales of $21.6 million for the same period in 2003. Net income of $24,000 or $0.00 per share for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004

Nordstrom Comps Climb 11.5% in October

Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $511.9 million for the four-week period ending October 30, 2004, an increase of 13.5 percent compared to sales of $451.2 million for the four-week period ending November 1, 2003. Same-store
sales increased 11.5 per

October Comps Fall 1.3% at West Marine

West Marine reported that net sales for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 were $37.2 million, a 1.2% increase compared to net sales of $36.7 million for October last year. Comparable store net sales for October 2004 decreased 1.3% compared to the same

May Comps Fall 2.2% in October

The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net sales of $1.09 billion for the four-week period ended Oct. 30, 2004, a 22.9% increase from $887.3 million in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 2.3%. October store-for

October Comps Up 8% at Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.79 billion for the four weeks ended October 31, 2004, an increase of 11 percent from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales climbed 8% for the month