Stein Mart, Inc. reported comparable store sales for the five-week period ended March 31 decreased 0.3 percent. Total sales for the period were $127.5 million, an increase of 0.4 percent from $127.0 million in the same period in 2011…
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Bon-Ton Sees Slight Downtick in March Comps
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced comparable store sales for the five weeks ended March 31 decreased 0.1 percent. Total sales decreased 0.1 percent to $254.1 million for the five weeks compared with $254.5 million for the prior year period. Year-to-date
Target’s March Comps Jump 7.3 Percent
Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the five weeks ended March 31 were $6.43 million, an increase of 7.9 percent from $5.95 million for the five weeks ended April 2, 2011. On this same basis, March comparable-store sales increased 7.
Kohl’s March Comps Up 3.6 Percent Due in Part to Warm Weather
Kohl’s Corporation reported that for the five-week month ended March 31, total sales increased 5.3 percent and comparable store sales increased 3.6 percent over the five-week month ended April 2, 2011. Year to date, total sales have increased 3.6 pe
Macy’s Comps Up 7.3 Percent in March
Macy’s, Inc. reported total sales of $2.358 billion for the five weeks ended March 31, an increase of 6.9 percent compared with total sales of $2.206 billion in the five weeks ended April 2, 2011. On a same-store basis, Macy’s, Inc. sales wer
Infiniti Golf Reaches Distribution Agreement with Golfsmith Europe
An agreement with Golfsmith Europe has been reached to distribute Infiniti Golf clubs throughout their professional clubmakers network in Europe and the United Kingdom. Sales will begin imminently with Infiniti Golf’s complete line of custom irons,
Dick’s Sporting Goods Opens New Store in Maryland
Dick's Sporting Goods celebrated the opening of its newest location in Gambrills, MD with a three-day celebration starting March 31. The Gambrills store is the 485th Dick's Sporting Goods location nationwide, and the 10th of its kind in Maryland
Wilson Launches Limited Edition Gloves to Support Athletes’ Favorite Charities
Wilson introduced its line of 2012 Limited Edition Gloves. This year’s line-up includes gloves from 2012 Hall of Fame-inductee Barry Larkin, Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds, and C.J. Wilson of the Los Angeles Angels. Only 500 gloves were pro
Puma North America Announces New Appointments
Puma announced new appointments within its North American headquarters. Philippe Gautier, who joined Puma in 2009 as chief financial officer, has been appointed chief operation officer of Puma North America. Tara McRae, former vice president of marketing,
Under Armour Names International President
Under Armour announced that Karl-Heinz “Charlie” Maurath has been named president, Under Armour International, effective September 2012. Maurath's new role at Under Armour will include driving international growth, leading the brand’
Ahead Re-signs World No. 1 Ranked Player Luke Donald
Ahead announced that it has re-signed the No. 1 player in the official world rankings, Luke Donald, to continue to represent the company's headwear line…
EyeBlack Signs Multi-Year Deal With Minor League Baseball
EyeBlack announced a partnership with the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc., owner of Minor League Baseball (MiLB), to become an officially licensed manufacturer of products bearing the logos of all 160 MiLB clubs and 14 associat
Escalade Sports Adds Outside Sales Rep Group
Escalade Sports has added Forde-McGovern & Associates to their growing national network of Outside Sales Rep Groups…
SGMA Study Finds Basketball is Most Played Sport in U.S.
Over 26 million Americans play basketball, according to SGMA's “U.S. Trends in Team Sports” research. 15.5 million people play casual/pick-up basketball, with 4.1 million playing in organized leagues. 5.8 million play on a school or college team. Mor
Rockport Names Tobias Reiss-Schmidt as New President and CEO
The Rockport Company announced that Tobias Reiss-Schmidt, currently Rockport's SVP of Global Retail and Americas, has been named as the new President and CEO of Rockport, effective July 1, 2012. Michael Rupp, currently at the helm of Rockport, has re