Author: Teresa Hartford

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. total department store sales increased 2.3%, while comparable store sales increased 1.6% for the four weeks ended July 30, 2005. Comparable store sales were in line with previous guidance for a low-single digit increase, and fol

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total sales for the four weeks ended July 30, 2005 decreased 2.6% to $73.2 million compared to $75.2 million for the same period last year. Comparable store sales decreased 2.0%. Year-to-date total sales decreased 2.3% t

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announced total company sales for July 2005 were up 7.3% to $232 million from $216 million in the same month last year. Comparable store sales for the month were up 8.8%. For the company's 52-week fiscal year, sales we

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended July 30, 2005, were $1.1 billion, up 6% over $1.0 billion achieved during July, 2004. For the year-to-date, sales reached $7.3 billion, an 8% increase over last year's $6.8 billion

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales decreased 2.4% during July while sales totaled $177.9 million, a 3.5% decrease from $184.4 million during fiscal July of last year. Same-store sales for the year-to-date period increased 2.1%…

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. announced net sales for the second quarter ended July 2, 2005 increased 10.6% to $15.4 million compared to $13.9 million for the second quarter of 2004. The second quarter saw a net loss of $1.0 million or 14 cents per diluted

The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net sales of $927.4 million for the four-week period ended July 30, 2005, a 13.4% increase from $817.9 million in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 3.3%. Net sales for the

Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the four weeks ended July 30, 2005 were $543.9 million compared to sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004 of $529.7 million. Sales increased 3% on a total store basis for the four-week period. Sales in c

Shoe Pavilion, Inc. announced comparable store net sales increased 8.2% for the second quarter ended July 2, 2005. Net sales for the second quarter ended July 2, 2005 increased 20.2% to $24.9 million from $20.7 million for the same period last year. Compa

Worth Sports and the NCAA announced that the Worth brand has been selected as the official softball supplier for the NCAA Division I, II, and III softball championships. This exclusive long-term agreement is effective July 1, 2005…

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of the Paradise Shoe Company, LLC. Terms were not disclosed. Paradise Shoe Company, based in Phoenix, AZ, is the exclusive licensee of the popular Tommy Bahama line of men's and w

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended July 30, 2005 of $1,306 million, versus $1,268 million in the comparable period last year, an increase of 3.0%. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales increased 1.3%. For the 26-w