Outdoor Industry Vets Found New Sourcing Company

Two prominent veterans in the outdoor and active apparel industry, Jim Heiden and Mike Costa, announced today that they have joined forces to launch InterSource LLC, an international sourcing company specializing in knits and woven apparel…

Grivel Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Certification

Grivel has obtained ISO 14001 certification by the International Organization of Standardization. The certification acknowledges Grivel as a business in compliance with internationally established environmental regulations, and is valid for the 'desi

The Bon-Ton Announces July and Second Quarter Sales

The Bon-Ton Stores announced comparable store sales for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003 increased 0.1%. Total sales for the month decreased 0.5% to $38.9 million versus $39.1 million reported for the same period last year.
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Stein Mart July Comps Down 6.2%

Stein Mart announced net sales and comparable store sales.Total sales for the four-week July period were $80.5 million, a 2.2 % decrease from the $82.3 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for July decreased 6.2 % from 2002

Wal-Mart July Comps Climb 4.6%

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending August 1, 2003, of $18.630 billion, an increase of 11.9 % over $16.655 billion in '02. July Comps rose 4.6% compared to an increase of 4.5% last year…

JC Penney Reports Rising July Comps

J. C. Penney Company reported that comparable department store sales increased 3.7 % for the four weeks ended July 26, 2003. Total Sales for the month were $2.2 billion. Total drugstore sales increased 3.4 %. Comparable drugstore sales increased 0.1 % wit

Dillards July Same Store Sales Slip 1%

Dillard's announced that sales for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003 were $5.49 million compared to sales for July '02 of $5.55 million. Sales decreased 1% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…

Ross Comp Store Sales Up 2% for July

Ross Stores reported sales of $303 million for the four-week period ended August 2, 2003, a 13% increase above the $269 million in sales reported for July last year. Comparable store sales for the same period increased 2% on top of a 4% gain in the prior

July Comps Slip 0.8% at Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced that comparable domestic store revenues decreased 0.8 % for the four weeks ended Aug. 2, 2003. Total domestic store revenues were $1.9 billion in July 2003, down slightly compared with the four weeks ended Aug. 3, 2002.

July Comps Rise 2.8% for Payless

Payless ShoeSource today reported that same-store sales increased 2.8 % during the July reporting period. Company sales totaled $203.6 million, a 3.0 % increase from $197.6 million during fiscal July of last year.