Edwin Watts Golf, a leading retailer of golf equipment, apparel and accessories, announced today it has entered into a partnership with Wellspring Capital Management LLC, a New York-based private equity investment firm.
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Brown Shoe Company Closes Ontario Manufacturing Facility
Brown Shoe Company announced plans to close its Perth, Ontario, manufacturing facility by early March 2004 in an effort to reduce costs and focus its Canadian operation on building market share for its Naturalizer brand.
Brown Shoe Loses Colorado Environmental Impact Suit
A Colorado State Court jury in Denver found a subsidiary of Brown Shoe Company partially responsible for alleged environmental impacts on a neighborhood near a former Brown plant…
Joy Athletic’s Barnhill Indicted for Fraud
Jeffrey Barnhill, the former president and director of the now-bankrupt Joy Athletic apparel company, has been indicted for fraud. Barnhill and other defendants allegedly falsified financial statements, created false invoices and checks, used nonexistant
WWW Taps Nonbox for CAT Footwear Advertising
Nonbox, Inc. has been named agency of record for CAT Footwear, a subsidiary of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Nonbox will handle the all advertising duties for the global footwear company.
Kitt Joins Team Atomic
Atomic Ski announced the addition of AJ Kitt to its
talented roster of on-hill ambassadors. Currently Jeep King of the Mountain NASTAR Official Pacesetter, Kitt will ski on Atomic skis, boots, and bindings throughout the upcoming season.
OR Show Seminars Designed to Help Retailers
With the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market quickly approaching (January 30 – February 2), show attendees are starting to fill up their calendars with appointments, meetings, parties, lunches, dinners and let’s not forget seminars. Outdoor Retailer Winter Mar
Costco November Comps Jump 14% on Strong International Business
Costco reported net sales of $3.79 billion for the four weeks ended November 30, 2003, an increase of 17 percent
from $3.23 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable Store sales were up company-wide 14% on 29% international
November Comps At Shopko Saved By Pamida
ShopKo Stores reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 decreased 0.5 percent to $286.8 million from $288.4 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales
decreased 0.4 percent…
Dillards November Comps Down 6%
Dillard's, announced that sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 were $574,043,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended November 30, 2002 of $613,574,000.
Sales decreased 6% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable stor
Goody’s November Comps Up 1.3% on 5.5% Sales Increase
Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for the fiscal month of November 2003 of $121.7 million,
an increase of 5.5% from total sales of $115.4 million for the fiscal month of November 2002. Comparable store sales
for November 2003 increased 1.3
Gottschalks November Comps Flat with Decreased Sales
Gottschalks November 2003 same store sales were even with November 2002. Total sales for November decreased 2.3% to $67.1 million from $68.7 million in the prior year. For the year-to-date, same store sales decreased 1.7%, while total sales decreased 4.
Stage Stores Thanks Peebles for 34.6% November Sales Increase
Stage Stores total sales for the four-week period
ended November 29, increased 34.6% to $96.1 million from $71.4 million in the prior year. With the acquisition of Peebles Inc. on November 4, 2003, sales for the current year November period include sales
Bon-Ton November Comps Down 0.7%
The Bon-Ton Stores comparable store sales for the four
weeks ended November 29, 2003 decreased 0.7%. Total sales for November increased 91.1% to $141.2 million, including $67.6 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $73.9 million for
Nordstrom November Comps Jump 7.4%
Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $631.9 million for the four-week period ending November 29, 2003, an increase of 10.2 percent compared to sales of $573.6 million for the four-week period ending November 30, 2002. Same-store
sales increased 7.4 pe
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