The most recent Executive Opinion Survey, a monthly index by the National Retail Federation, looked liked a solid precursor of the sluggish June results that were reported last week as the Retail Sector Performance Index (RSPI) posted its lowest reading s
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Chris Smith and Specialized Part Ways
Recently, Specialized announced that Chris Smith would join their team as General Manager of Specialized USA. Mike Sinyard, the company's founder and president recently wrote a letter to his dealers stating that Chris and his family will not be maki
Schoeller Expands into Turkey
Switzerland’s Schoeller Textil AG will open its new sales office in the International Textile Center near Istanbul. Schoeller Turkey Ltd. guarantees a presence for the Swiss textile corporation and the ability to act quickly in Turkey, known to be one of
ShopKo June Comps Climb 2.2%
ShopKo Stores consolidated sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 increased 1.8% to $301.2 million from $295.9 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales increased 2.2%…
Gottschalks Same Store Sales Climb 3.3% in June
Gottschalks same store sales for the month of June 2004 increased 3.3% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 1.5% to $60.7 million from $59.9 million in June 2003. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 2.0% from the same
Goody’s June Comps Drop 3.2%
Goody's total sales were $105.3 million for the fiscal month of June 2004, a decrease of 0.4% from total sales of $105.7 million for the fiscal month of June 2003. Comparable store sales for June 2004 decreased 3.2% from June 2003. Total sales for th
The Buckle’s June Comps Jump 10.3%
The Buckle's sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 16.9% to $34.7 million from sales of $29.7 million in the corresponding five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the f
Wal-Mart June Comps Climb 2.2%
Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the five-week period ending July 2, 2004, were $26.972 billion, an increase of 9.3% over the $24.669 billion in the same five-week period in the prior year. Sales for the twenty-two week period were $114.455 billion, an incr
Stein Mart June Comps Jump 12.5%
Stein Mart net sales climbed 7.9% to $124.0 million and comparable store sales jumped 12.5% for the fiscal period ended July 3, 2004. Year-to-date net sales climbed 9.0% to $603.4 million while year-to-date comps jumped 11.8%…
June Comps Climb 5.7% at Nordstrom
Nordstrom preliminary sales were $707.4 million for the five-week period ending July 3, 2004, an increase of 8.5%compared to sales of $652.0 million for the five-week period ending July 5, 2003. Same-store sales increased 5.7%…
J.C. Penney June Comps Climb 4.8%
J. C. Penney Company comparable department store sales increased 4.8% for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004. Sales reflect a good customer response to planned Father's Day marketing events. Catalog/Internet sales decreased 3.4%, with Internet increas
Pacific Sunwear June Comps Climb 7.0%
Pacific Sunwear total sales for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2004 were $105.2 million, an increase of 17.4% over total sales of $89.6 million for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales increased 7.0% for the comparable five-we
Shoe Carnival June Comps Down 4.6%
Shoe Carnival sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 2.2% to $48.6 million from sales of $47.5 million for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 4.6% in June 2004…
Bon-Ton June Comps Fall 3.8%; Elder Beerman Down 2.4%
The Bon-Ton Stores sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 decreased 3.2% to $61.2 million compared to $63.2 million for the same period last year. The acquired Elder-Beerman stores reported a 1.9% decline to $52.7 million. Bon-Ton comparable store s
Dillards June Comps Fall 1%
Dillard's sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 were $630.3 million compared to sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 of $635.8 million. Total sales decreased 1% for the five-week period. Sales in comparable stores for the five-week perio
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