Wal-Mart July Comps Climb 4.6%

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending August 1, 2003, of $18.630 billion, an increase of 11.9 % over $16.655 billion in '02. July Comps rose 4.6% compared to an increase of 4.5% last year…

JC Penney Reports Rising July Comps

J. C. Penney Company reported that comparable department store sales increased 3.7 % for the four weeks ended July 26, 2003. Total Sales for the month were $2.2 billion. Total drugstore sales increased 3.4 %. Comparable drugstore sales increased 0.1 % wit

Dillards July Same Store Sales Slip 1%

Dillard's announced that sales for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003 were $5.49 million compared to sales for July '02 of $5.55 million. Sales decreased 1% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…

Ross Comp Store Sales Up 2% for July

Ross Stores reported sales of $303 million for the four-week period ended August 2, 2003, a 13% increase above the $269 million in sales reported for July last year. Comparable store sales for the same period increased 2% on top of a 4% gain in the prior

TJX July Same-Store Sales Up 3.0%

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported July 2003 sales were $899 million, up 11% over $810 million achieved during the four-week period ended August 3, 2002. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period increased 3% from last year…

Nordstrom July Comps Increase 6.1%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $690.2 million for the four-week period ending August 2, 2003, an increase of 9.0% compared to sales of $633.4 million for the four-week period ending August 3, 2002. Same-store sales increased 6.1%…

Phenix and Bogner Join Forces

Longtime industry associates Phenix skiwear and Bogner of America are teaming up to strengthen both companies. Phenix and Bogner recently signed a service agreement designed to help Phenix cut operational expenses and enhance Bogner’s bottom line…

Prince Appoints New CFO

Prince Sports, Inc. announced the appointment of Dave Evins as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting directly to George Napier, CEO. In addition to being a key part of the senior management team, Evins' scope of responsibili

North America, Exchange Rates Hurt adidas-Salomon H1

adidas-Salomon reported that second quarter net sales grew 3.0% on a currency-neutral basis with a positive performance at all brands. However, reported Group sales actually decreased 8% from €1.5($1.7) billion in 2002 to €1.4 ($1.6) billion in 2003. Cur

Accell Group Completes Purchase of Tunturi

Accell Group N.V. announces that the company finalized the earlier announced acquisition of the Finnish Tunturi. The transaction involved the acquisition of all issued shares, and is financed out of Accell Group's own reserves. Accell Group has now g

Marmot Receives 2003 AMGA Award

Marmot Mountain Ltd. is the 2003 recipient of the American Mountain Guides Association's Industry Award. AMGA Executive Director Mike Alkaitis will present the award to Tom Fritz of Marmot at this year's Summer Market Outdoor Retailer Show…