Ross Stores Comps Decline 5.0% in September

Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales of $374 million for the five week period ended October 2, 2004, a 3% increase above the $363 million in sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003. Comparable store sales for the same period declined 5% from the prior

West Marine Comps Sales Down 6.5%; Warns on Q3

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales September were $54.5 million, a 3.7% decrease compared to the year-ago period. Comparable store net sales for September 2004 decreased 6.5% compared to the same period a year ago. Due to lower than expected Septe

Target Corp. Beats Septembr Plan; Comps Up 5.6%

Target Corp. reported that its net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004 increased 12.5% to $3.866 billion from $3.437 billion for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003. On this s

Gottschalks September Comps Increase 6.0%

Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of September 2004 increased 6.0% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 5.5% to $56.8 million from $53.8 million in September 2003…

Callaway Appoints Pan-West to Broader Asia Deal

Callaway Golf Company has appointed Pan-West (Private) Limited as the distributor for Callaway Golf's Top Flite® and Ben Hogan® products in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand effective October 15th, 2004. The appointment covers all of Ca

Goody’s September Same-Store Sales Drop 9.1%

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales of $94.3 million for the fiscal month of September 2004, a decrease of 4.7% from total sales of $98.9 million for the fiscal month of September 2003. Comparable store sales for September 2004 decreas

Stage Stores September Comps Increase 2.5%

Stage Stores Inc. reported that total sales for the five-week period ended Oct. 2, 2004, increased 41.3% to $97.8 million from $69.2 million in the prior year period. Comparable store sales increased 2.5% versus a decrease of 3.5% last year. Total sales

Shoe Pavilion Q3 Comp Store Sales Drop 6.3%

Shoe Pavilion, Inc. reported total net sales decreased 4.2% to $20.7 million for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004, from net sales of $21.6 million for the same period in 2003. Comparable store net sales decreased 6.3% for the third quarter ended O

The Buckle Sees September Comps Inch Up 0.3%

The Buckle, Inc. reported sales for the five-week period ended October 2, 2004 increased 4.6% to $43.4 million from sales of $41.5 million in the corresponding five-week period ended October 4, 2003. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one y

Nordstrom September Same-Store Sales Up 6.2%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $598.4 million for the five-week period ending October 2, 2004, an increase of 7.1% compared to sales of $558.9 million for the five-week period ending October 4, 2003. Same-store sales increased 6.2%…

Stein Mart September Comps Rise 5.2%

Stein Mart, Inc. reported total sales sales for September increased 3.4% to $128.7 million from $124.4 million. Comparable store sales increased 5.2% for the period…

DSW Comps Fall 5.0% in September; RVI Comps Down 7.3%

Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004, decreased 1.1% to $258.5 million from $261.4 million for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 7.3% for the five week period. DSW Sh

Famous Footwear Sees Nice September Gain led by Athletics

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported September retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 8.9% to $104.0 million, compared to $95.5 million for the same period last year. Same-store sales for September were up 4.7%. Athletics increased mid-single digits on a

Wolverine Q3 EPS Jumps 37.5% on 13.2% Sales Increase

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. reported third quarter 2004 revenue totaled $260.9 million, a 13.2% increase over third quarter 2003 revenue of $230.6 million. Earnings per share for Q3 increased 37.5% to 55 cents compared to 40 cents reported for the third qu