Costco March Comps Increase 6%

Costco Wholesale Corporation recorded net sales of $5.94 billion for the month of March, representing an increase of 11% from $5.37 billion in the same five-week period last year. Comparable sales for the week improved 6% over last year…

Buckle Posts 10.7% March Comps Jump

The Buckle, Inc. posted a 12.7% increase in net sales for the month of March to $49.4 million from net sales of $43.8 million for the prior year period. Comparable store net sales increased 10.7%…

Gottschalks Sees 6.4% Rise in Comps for March

Gottschalks Inc. reported a same store sales increase for the month of March 2007 of 6.4% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 5.3% to $58.9 million from $56.0 million in March 2006. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales inc

Stein Mart March Comps Improve 8%

Stein Mart, Inc. reported a total sales increase of 13.1% for the fiscal month of March to $162.5 million. Comparable store sales increased 8.0% for the five-week period ended April 7, 2007 compared to the year-ago period…

J.C. Penney Posts 10.6% March Comps Jump

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. total department store sales increased 13.3% for March, and include results from seven new stores the company opened the first week of the month. Comparable department store sales increased 10.6%, compared to initial guidance fo

Bon-Ton March Comps Slide 3.8%

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. reported net sales of $288.0 million for March, representing an increase of 18.1% from $244.0 million for the prior year period. Sales for March 2007 include $191.2 million from Carson's stores acquired in 2006. Bon-Ton compa

Wal-Mart March Comps Improve 4.0%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported an 11.7% increase in sales for the month of March to $34.26 billion from $30.68 billion during the year-ago period. Comparable store sales for the month 4.0% on top of a 2.1% gain last year…

TJX Co.’s March Comps Increase 6%

The TJX Companies, Inc. sales for the month of March were $1.7 billion, up 11% over the $1.5 billion achieved during the same period last year. For the nine weeks ended April 7, 2007, sales reached $2.9 billion, a 9% increase over last year's $2.6 bi

West Marine Posts 2% Q1 Comps Decline

West Marine, Inc. saw first quarter net sales total $126.2 million, a decrease of 4.9% from net sales of $132.6 million a year ago. Comparable store sales decreased 2.0% in the first quarter of 2007. Net sales attributable to the company's Stores seg

Nalgene and Peregrine to Part Ways

Peregrine Outfitters has been notified by Thermo Fisher Scientific, manufacturers of Nalgene Outdoor Products that their distribution agreement will end March 5, 2008 after 18 years spent working together. Peregrine and Nalgene have worked out a strategy

Rife Putters Names Molloy as President

Rife Putters has promoted Matt Molloy to be the company’s new President from his previous role as COO. Molloy will now oversee all of the company’s day-to-day operations and determining the overall direction that Rife Putters will be taking in the future

Waveyard Adds President of Construction

Waveyard Development, LLC added Jeffrey Gustin as vice president of construction management. Before joining Waveyard’s development team, Gustin was a co-founder of Liquid Design; the architecture firm responsible for the master design and construction man