Pursuant to a clear desire dictated by the majority of FESI’s Board members, Mr. Horst WIDMANN vice president of Puma, has been appointed – during the SPOGA Fair in Cologne – to President of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) –
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Kombi Names New Product Manager
Kombi Limited has named Peter Curran to the position of product manager. Curran will work on both the Kombi and Akimbo brand, the companies latest line of snowboard gloves and baselayers. Curran's primary responsibility will focus on the direction,
RCC Report Shows BC is Strongest Retail Market in Canada
National retailers surveyed last week by
Retail Council of Canada point to British Columbia as their strongest market,
and say the back-to-school sales season has increasingly become
“back-to-serious…
EMS Management Team Comments on Buyout
Shortly after EMS announced their Management buyout, The B.O.S.S. Report sat down with the company’s CEO and President Will Manzer, VP-GMM Pete Gilmore and CMO Scott Barrett…
Schoeller Wins Guide’s Choice Award
Following an in-depth field testing program, Schoeller Switzerland is the recipient of the 2004 “American Alpine Institute Guides’ Choice Award” for schoeller-dryskin-extreme fabric used in Mammut’s mountaineering Champ Pants and New Age Jacket, also feat
August Comps Up 3.5% at Goody’s
Goody's total sales were $94.1 million for the fiscal month of August 2004 , an increase of 8.0% from total sales of $87.1 million for the fiscal month of August 2003. Comparable store sales for August 2004 increased 3.5% compared with August 2003…
TIA Cancels Planned Super Show Tennis EXPO
The Tennis Industry Association announced on Thursday that, due to lack of support from key manufacturers in the industry, the TIA EXPO scheduled to take place as part of the Super Show in January has been cancelled. TIA president Jim Baugh said there ha
Shoe Carnival August Comps Increase 1.5%
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported that sales for the four-week period ended August 28, 2004 increased 8.8% to $76.2 million from sales of $70.1 million for the four-week period ended August 30, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 1.5% in August 2004 on top
ShopKo August Comps Decline 0.2%
ShopKo Stores Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004 decreased 0.5% to $254.8 million from $256.2 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 0.2%.
Stage Stores Comps Rise 8.1% in August
Stage Stores' total sales for the four-week period
ended Aug. 28, 2004 increased 47.8% to $105.7 million from $71.5 million in the prior year four-week period ended Aug. 30, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 8.1% versus a decrease of 5.7% last y
Costco Gets International Lift as August Comps Rise 4%
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.65 billion for the four weeks ended August 29, 2004, an increase of 7% from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Consolidated same-store sales increased 4%, with U.S. c
Wal-Mart August Comps Inch-up 0.5%
Wal-Mart Stores' net sales for the four-week period ending August 27, 2004, of $21.199 billion, an increase of 8.8 percent over the $19.490 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year. Sales for the thirty-week
period were $156.264 billio
Nordstrom August Comps Climb 7.2%
Nordstrom preliminary sales were $431.7 million for the four-week periodending August 28, 2004, an increase of 8.2% compared to sales of $399.1 million for the four-week period ending August 30, 2003. Same-store sales increased 7.2%…
Federated August Comp Store Sales Down 2.4%
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.047 billion for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004, a decrease in total sales of 2.7% compared to total sales of $1.077 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated&#
May DS Comps Fall 6.7% in August
The May Department Stores Company preliminary net sales were $1.05 billion for the four-week period ended Aug. 28, 2004, a 10.5% increase from $953.8 million in
the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 6.7%. August store-for-store s
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