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OR Show Seminars Designed to Help Retailers

December 5, 2003 SGB Update

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

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

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

JC Penney DS November Comps Down 0.8%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

J. C. Penney comparable department store sales decreased 0.8 % for the four weeks ended November 22, 2003. The November period did not include the strong sales for the Thanksgiving holiday week.Catalog/Internet sales increased 11.7 percent, well above exp

Feeding Frenzy At Wal-Mart Produces 5.7% Rise in November Comp

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending November 28, 2003, of $21.657 billion, an increase of 11.2 percent over the $19.471 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the forty-three week period were $203.969 bi

TJX November Comps Up 1%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

The TJX Companies November 2003 sales results for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003, were $1,269 million, up 10% over $1,150 million achieved during the four-week period ended November 30, 2002. For the 43 weeks ended November 29, 2003, sales r

Payless November Comps Decline 5.2%

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

Payless ShoeSource reported that same-store sales decreased 5.2 percent during the November reporting period, the four weeks ended Saturday, November 29,
2003.Company sales totaled $208.5 million, a 4.0 percent decrease from $217.2 million during fiscal N

Retail Ventures Posts 2.2% November Comp Gain

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

Retail Ventures total sales for the four weeks ended
November 29, 2003, increased 6.7% to $254.0 million from $238.1 million for the four weeks ended November 30, 2002. The company's same store sales increased 2.2% for the four week period…

November Comps Fall 4.7% at Stein Mart

December 4, 2003 SGB Update

Stein Mart announced total sales for the four-week November period were $137.0 million, a 4.6 % decrease from the $143.6 million in sales for the same period in 2002.
Comparable store sales for November decreased 4.7 % from 2002 to 2003…