Retail Ventures October Comps drop 0.2%

Retail Ventures reported sales for the month of October and revised its earnings estimate for the third quarter and fiscal 2004. For the four-week period of October, sales increased 8.2% to $231.8 million from $214.2 million in October 2003. Comparable st

Dillards Comps Fall 5% in October

Dillard's sales for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 were $456,722,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003 of $481,328,000. Sales declined 5% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…

TJX October Comps Jump 7%

The TJX Companies reported sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004, were $1.3 billion, up 15% over $1.1 billion achieved during the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended O

October Comps at Target Jump 6.0%

Target Corporation reported net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 increased 12.6% to $3.311 billion from $2.940 billion for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On this sa

Patless October Comps Climb 6.1%

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales increased 6.1 percent during the October reporting period, the four weeks ended October 30, 2004. Company sales totaled $219.1 million, a 5.6 percent increase from $207.5 million during fiscal Octobe

October Comps Up 4% at Ross Stores

Ross Stores reported sales of $342 million for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, a 14% increase over the $299 million in sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003. Comparable store sales during October rose 4% over the prior year…

Federated Comps Up 4% in October

Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $1.098 billion for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.8 percent compared to total sales of $1.057 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federate

Saks Comps Climb 4.4% in October

Saks Incorporated announced that for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 compared to the four weeks ended November 1, 2003, total sales increased 5.5% and comparable store
sales increased 4.4% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales

Kohl’s October Comps Climb 6%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004 increased 16.4% over the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 6.0%…

October Comps Inch-up 1.9% at Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues increased 1.9 percent for the four weeks ended Oct. 30, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.90 billion for the four-week period in October 2004, up 0.1 percent compared with the four weeks

Bill King Joins Lowa’s Sales Team

Bill King is the newest member of LOWA’s sales team since joining the Pennsylvania-based Chinook LLC sales group, headed by Ben Tindall. In his new position, Bill will handle sales and marketing efforts for LOWA in upstate New York and assist Ben’s team b

Mountainsmith Inks Deal with Tri-marketing Group

Texas-based Tri-Marketing Group has joined Mountainsmith as the new sales and marketing organization for Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Tri-Marketing Group partners, Tim Goodwin and Greg Allen, are supported by a competent and professio

REACTOR Signs Deal with Hayter Communications

REACTOR Watch has named Hayter Communications the company’s agency of record to drive the growing brand’s national public relations efforts. REACTOR was launched in 2003 by Jimmy Olmes, the co-founder and former owner of Freestyle watches. He intends to g