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Callaway and TaylorMade Settle Patent Suit with License Agreement
Callaway Golf Company and TaylorMade Golf Company have reached a settlement and patent license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, each company will have specified rights to make products under patents owned by the other. Technologies at issue in
J. C. Penney November Comps Increase 2.6%; Internet Sales Soar
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. comparable department store sales increased 2.6% for the four weeks ended Dec. 1, 2007, in line with guidance for a low single-digit increase and compared to a 1.4% increase last year. Total department store sales increased 5.8%
Saks Comps Vault 25.7%
Saks Inc. reported November revenues rose 26.3% to $347.6 million from $275.3 million. Comparable store sales increased 25.7%…
Ross Stores November Comps Improve 3%
Ross Stores, Inc. saw November sales increase 10% to $547 million from $496 million for the same period last year. Same store sales for the four weeks ended December 1, 2007 increased 3% from the four weeks ended December 2, 2006…
Kohl’s November Comps Jump 10.2%
Kohl’s Corporation sales for the four-week period ending December 1, 2007 increased 20.0% over the four-week period ending November 25, 2006. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 10.2%.
Dillard’s Comps Rise 1%
Dillard’s, Inc. reported November sales gained 2% to $559.3 million from $550.1 million. Sales in comparable stores increased 1% for the period…
Macy’s November Comps Jump 13.4%
Macy’s, Inc. recorded a 13.9% increase in net sales for fiscal November to $2.71 billion from $2.38 billion for the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Macy’s, Inc. sales were up 13.4% in November…
BJ’s Wholesale Comps Increase 7.7% in November
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. sales for November 2007 increased by 11.7% to $746.3 million from $668.2 million in November 2006. Comparable club sales for November increased by 7.7%, including a positive impact from sales of gasoline of 3.2% and a negative im
Pacific Sunwear Comps Climb 2.3% in November
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. sales for the four weeks of fiscal November were $120.9 million, an increase of 3.6% over total sales of $116.6 million during the same period in 2006. Total Company same-store sales increased 2.3% during the same perio
Report: Nike Factory in Vietnam Goes on Strike
According to the AP, roughly 10,000 workers walked off the job at a plant that manufactures footwear for Nike, demanding higher pay to keep pace with rising prices in the inflationary Vietnam economy. The Tae Kwang Vina plant, in southern Dong Nai provinc
JJB Sports Sees Slow Second Half Ahead
JJB Sports plc total revenue for the 17 week fiscal period that ended on the 25th of November, including both the retail stores and the health clubs, was 1.6% higher than the same period last year and includes a same store increase of 1.6%. For the Group&
Cloudveil Hires Two New Rep Agencies
Cloudveil hired Dedication Sports Group and Pinnacle Outdoor Group to represent Cloudveil’s outdoor category in the Mid-Atlantic and New England Territories respectively. Dedication Sports Group, which is comprised of Andy Correll and Paul Wu out of Ithac
Fleet Feet Opens First Louisiana Location
Fleet Feet, Incorporated added its 79th location with the opening of Fleet Feet Sports Baton Rouge. With existing franchises in 32 states plus the District of Columbia, the Baton Rouge store represents the company’s first franchise in the state of Louisi
REI to Open New Distribution Center in November
Recreational Equipment, Inc. will officially open its distribution center in Bedford, Pa., a 525,000 square-foot building on 43 acres on Friday, Nov. 30. Constructed using leading green building standards, the distribution center will help REI significant
Sportsman’s Warehouse Names LaCrosse ‘Outstanding Vendor’
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. received the “Outstanding Vendor” award from Sportsman’s Warehouse. In addition, LaCrosse Footwear’s sales representative agency, Continental Divide Sports, received the award for “Outstanding Rep.” LaCrosse received the Outstandin
