BJ’s Sales Increase 7.5% on 2.9% Comps Gain

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. reported that sales for October increased 7.5% to $588.3 million from $547.4 million last year. Comparable sales increased 2.9% for the month on top of a 4.9% increase during last year's October…

Payless Reports 4% October Comps Increase

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported a 4.0% comparable-store sales increased for the month of October. Company sales totaled $212.5 million, a 1.1% increase from $210.1 million last year. Total sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2005 were $2.06 billio

Kohl’s October Comps Rise 6.2%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the month of October increased 16.8% over 2004. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 6.2%. For the year-to-date 2005, total sales were up 14.8% while comparable store sales increased 3.9%…

Shoe Carnival October Comps Jump 21.2%

Shoe Carnival, Inc. sales for the month of October increased 24.3% to $49.8 million from sales of $40.0
million for the same month in 2004. Comparable store
sales increased 21.2% for the month. Total sales for the third quarter increased 12.3% to $182.

Target October Comps Rise 5.7%; Sales Jump 11.6%

Target Corporation reported that net retail sales for the month of October increased 11.6% to $3.694 billion from $3.311 billion last year. Comparable-store sales increased 5.7% for the month. The sales plan for the month originally called for a comparabl

The Buckle’s Comps Climb 4.3% in October

The Buckle, Inc. sales for the month of October
increased by 9.5% to $39.2 million from sales of
$35.8 million in the corresponding four-week period
ended October 30, 2004. Comparable-store sales rose
4.3%…

Federated Sees October Comps Slip 0.7%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported comparable-store sales for the month of October slipped 0.7%. Total sales inlcuding the recently acquired May Company stores were $2.138 billion, an increase of 92.9% compared to total sales of $1.108 billion in

Goody’s October Comps Rise 2.5%; Q3 Comps Dip 0.9%

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales for October 2005 rose 6.8% to $103 million from $96.4 million for the same period last year. Comparable store sales were up 2.5% for the month. For the third quarter, sales rose 3.7% to $295.2 mill

Warnaco Sees Swimwear Help Slight Sales Gain

The Warnaco Group, Inc. reported net revenues increased to $327.7 million for the third quarter, from $324.4 million last year. Swimwear group revenues outpaced the prior year period and offset slight revenue declines in the Sportswear Group and Intimate

Gottschalks Sees October Comps Decline 1.4%

Gottschalks Inc. reported that same-store sales for the month of October 2005 decreased 1.4% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 0.4% to $44.0 million from $43.8 million in October 2004. Third quarter of comps decreased 0.5%…

ShopKo Octomer Same-Store Sales Decline 3.2%

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported that consolidated sales for the four weeks ended October 29, 2005 decreased 3.2% to $221.5 million from $228.7 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 2.4% for the four week peri

J. C. Penney October Comps Increase 2.4%

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. comparable department store sales increased 2.4% for the month of October. Comparable store sales were in-line with guidance of a low-single digit increase, and come on top of a 1.8% increase in last year's October period.

Stage Stores Comps Jump 14.9% in October

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for October increased 17.9% to $96.3 million from $81.7 million in the prior year period. Comparable store sales increased 14.9% on top of a 1.8% gain last year. Third quarter sales increased 7.3% to $306.0 mil