Author: Teresa Hartford

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported a 6.4% increase in consolidated net sales to $523,283,000 for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, ended April 30, versus $491,832,000 in the year-ago period. Net earnings were $3,779,000 for the quarter, or 20 cents per dil

Perry Ellis International, Inc. reported record total revenue for the first quarter ended April 30, 2005 of $225.6 million, a 14.3% increase of $28.2 million over the $197.4 million reported for the first quarter ended April 30, 2004. Net income grew to $

Shop.org released its annual study, The State of Retailing Online 8.0 conducted by Forrester Research, which announced that of 137 retailers surveyed, 2004 online sales rose 23.8% to $141.4 billion. Excluding travel, online retail sales also rose 23.8% to

The Sports Authority, Inc. announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2005, in which net income was $8.0 million, or 30 cents per diluted share compared with $4.2 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, including merger integration cos

Acquisitions again played a large role in assisting sporting goods industry Softgoods vendors to post stronger earnings in the first quarter, but Hardgoods vendors as a group took a hit as weakness in the Golf sector and a tougher-than-usual Q1 for the Wi

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. has completed the conversion, re-merchandising, and grand re-opening of all of the former Galyans stores that will remain in the company portfolio and will start reporting comp store sales for those stores a quarter ahead

Hibbett Sporting Goods reiterated its commitment to brands last week, shrugging off analysts’ suggestions about the opportunity in private label. Why an analyst would want to tinker with this model is a mystery as Hibbett just keeps posting strong perfor

Foot Locker expects to see its future outlook improve as increased access to marquee product continues to fuel growth in the U.S. business, particularly at Champs. The DotCom business is coming back and Footaction sales and profits are exceeding expectat

Shoe Carnival, Inc. said it posted the highest quarterly earnings in the company’s history in Q1, thanks in large part to their third consecutive quarter of comp store sales growth, along with continued gross margin improvement and leveraging of SG&A expe

TJX reported that sales at Bob's Stores were “slightly less” than they had anticipated for the first quarter, as the 34 store unit celebrated its first anniversary quarter under the TJX umbrella by posting a 3.1% decline in total sales to $59.4 milli

Gander Mountain fought through its seasonally-slow first quarter with its usual strategy to bolster sales – open more stores. The company opened six new stores, including one relocation, bringing the total store count to 87 at the end of the quarter. Gand

Orange 21 beat analyst’s expectations for the first quarter and kept the company’s net loss under control in spite of new sales and marketing initiatives in the U.S. and Europe. Historically, the first quarter has been the slowest quarter in sales for Ora

Sport-Haley net sales fell 17.0% to $4.5 million in their fiscal third quarter from net sales of $5.4 million in Q3 last year. The decline was primarily due to the discontinuance of “Haley” men's fashion golf apparel from the spring ‘05 line along w

The BBC is reporting that the UK Office of Fair Trade’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has upheld fines against Manchester United, JJB Sports, Umbro, and Allsports for a price fixing scheme involving replica soccer kits. The tribunal reduced the fines impose