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Lids Sports Group Reaches Retail Agreement With The University Of Florida

May 31, 2012 SGB Update

Lids Sports Group, primarily known through its specialty headwear LIDS retail business and sports apparel Lids Locker Room division, has reached an agreement with the University of Florida to operate and manage the official team stores for the Florida Gat

Target’s May Comps Climb

May 31, 2012 SGB Executive SGB Update

Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended May 26, were $5.04 billion, an increase of 5.0 percent from $4.8 billion for the four weeks ended May 28, 2011. On this same basis, May comparable-store sales increased 4.4 per

Saks Comps Up 4 Percent in May

May 31, 2012 SGB Executive SGB Update

Saks Incorporated announced that comparable store sales increased 4.0 percent in May. Owned sales totaled $215.8 million for the four weeks ended May 26, compared to $208.2 million for the four weeks ended May 28, 2011, a 3.7 percent increase…

Rainier Mountaineering Inc. Guides Summit Everest…Again

May 31, 2012 SGB Executive SGB Update

Rainier Mountaineering Inc. guides Dave Hahn and Melissa Arnot safely returned to Kathmandu after reaching the summit of Mt. Everest last week. Both climbers set records on their climb; Hahn marked his…

TJX Sees Comps Jump 8 Percent During May

May 31, 2012 SGB Executive SGB Update

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported that sales for the four-week period ended May 26 were $1.9 billion, up 10 percent over the $1.7 billion achieved during the four-week period ended May 28, 2011. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period

Halfords Group Reports Cycling Sales Fell After Strong FY 2012

May 31, 2012 SGB Update

Halfords Group plc reported comparable store sales of cycling products within its Leisure segment grew 9.7 percent in the year ended March 30, but said such sales have since fallen off significantly in the United Kingdom and Ireland…

Outward Bound Refutes Media Reports that Colorado Accident Involved Trainees

May 31, 2012 SGB Update

Outward Bound said the victims of a fatal May 25 canoe accident in at Willow Lake in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of Colorado were not trainees as erroneously reported by some news outlets…

Patagonia Discloses Recent Financial Results

May 31, 2012 SGB Update

Patagonia had sales of $540 million in the twelve months ended in April, up more than 30 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to a report in the Seattle Times. The article also disclosed that…

Nike to Divest Cole Haan and Umbro

May 31, 2012 SGB Update

Nike, Inc. announced its intention to divest two of its wholly-owned affiliate brands – Cole Haan and Umbro – to sharpen its focus on driving growth in the Nike, Jordan, Converse and Hurley brands. The process of divesting these two businesses will begin