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Target Corporation net retail sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004 increased 13.2 percent to $4.402 billion from $3.889 billion for the five-week period ended April 5, 2003. Comparable-store sales increased 7.3 percent from fiscal March 2003…

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 4.6% percent during the March reporting period, the five weeks ended April 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $284.6 million, a 5.0 percent increase from $270.9 million during fiscal March of last year…

The Neiman Marcus Group announced the five-week March period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 27.0 percent. The Company experienced
strong sales trends in all

Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004, increased 9.6% to $260.5 million from $237.7 million for the five weeks ended April 5, 2003. The company's same store sales increased 4.1% for the five week period.To

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the five-week period ending April 2, 2004, of $25.131 billion, an increase of 14.0 percent over the $22.049 billion in
the same five-week period in the prior year. Sales for the nine-week period were $45.293 b

Stein Mart, Inc. announced net sales and comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended April 3, 2004. Comparable store sales performances were strong across all apparel
divisions during March, and sales trends were double-digit positive in every
regi

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $620.8 million for the five-week period ending April 3, 2004, an increase of 19.8 percent compared to sales of $518.2 million for the five-week period ending April 5, 2003. Same-store sales increased 15.9 perc

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for the fiscal month of March 2004 of $125.7 million, an increase of 3.4% from total sales of $121.6 million for the fiscal month of March 2003 (the five weeks ended April 5, 2003). Comparable store sales

Gottschalks announced that same store sales for the month of March 2004 increased 11.2% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 9.3% to $59.3 million from $54.3 million in March 2003. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 7.

The May Department Stores net sales were $1.18 billion for the five-week period ended April 3, 2004, an 11.5% increase from $1.06 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales increased 10.1%. March store-for-store sales increased 10.9%,

K2 SPORTS announced the appointment of Robert “Bernie” Bernthal as brand director for the European market. Bernthal will work out of K2 SPORTS’ European headquarters in Penzburg, Germany.