Nau Open For Business

Nau Inc., an environmentally friendly outdoor apparel company from Portland, is finally open for business. After years of preparation and development, the outdoor company launched its e-commerce Web site last week, and announced plans to open four retail

G-III Apparel Group Prices Secondary Offering

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., an outerwear and sportswear manufacturer, priced an offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $20 per share. Of these shares, 1,621,000 shares will be sold by the company and 2,879,000 shares w

Golf Town Sees 15% Annual Sales Increase

Golf Town saw 2006 sales increase 14.8% to CA$220.1 million ($194.1 mm) from CA$191.7 million ($158.4 mm) last year. The increase was due to the addition of three new stores in 2005 and four new stores in 2006 for a total of 28 as at December 31, 2006 as

LL Bean Tops $1.5 Billion in Fiscal 2006

L.L.Bean reported record annual net sales of $1.54 billion for the 2006 fiscal year ending February 25, 2007, a 4.6% increase over 2005. E-commerce grew almost 10% and emerged as the company's dominant sales channel for the year. The company also an

The Buckle February Comps Climb 4.5%

The Buckle, Inc. net sales for the four-week fiscal month ended March 3, 2007 increased 10.4% to $37.7 million from net sales of $34.1 million for the prior year four-week fiscal month ended February 25, 2006. Comparable store net sales, for stores open a

Gottschalks February Comps Down 3.6%

Gottschalks Inc. saw February comparable store sales decrease 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stores than in the comparable pe

Nordstron Februalry Comps Increase 9.1%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $546.6 million for the four-week month ending March 3, 2007, an increase of 9.5% compared to sales of $499.1 million for the four-week period ending February 25, 2006. Same-store sales increased 9.1%…

Gottchalks reports 3.6% February Comp Decline

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of February 2007 decreased 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stor

J. C. Penney DS Comps Slip 0.2% in February

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. department store sales increased 1.6% for the four weeks ended March 3, 2007. Comparable department store sales decreased 0.2%, compared with most recent guidance for sales to be down low-single digits. Comparable department sto

Bon Ton’s February Comps Jump 14.6%

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.'s sales for the four weeks ended March 3 increased 229%, to $237.6 million, compared to $72.2 million for the prior year period. February sales include $153.4 million from Carson's and Parisian stores acquired in 2006. B

Federeted’s February Comps Increase 2%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.802 billion for the four weeks ended March 3, essentially flat compared to total sales of $1.800 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's sales for February

Stage Stores February Comps Increase 1.4%

Stage Stores, Inc. reported a 12.4% increase in sales for the month of February to $104.6 million from $93.1 million during the same month last year. Comparable store sales increased 1.4% versus a decrease of 0.9% last year…

Target Sees 5.7% February Comps Gain

Target Corporation saw February sales increase 10.7% to $4.13 billion from $3.73 billion for the comparable period last year. On this same basis, same store sales increased 5.7%…

Ross Stores February Comps Climb 1%

Ross Stores, Inc. sales increased 7% to $395 million for the four weeks ended March 3, 2007, from $368 million for the four weeks ended March 4, 2006. Comparable store sales for the month increased 1% over the same period in the prior year…