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Nordstrom July Same-Store Sales Rise 6.1%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $746.9 million for the four-week period ending July 31, 2004, an increase of 8.9% compared to sales of $686.0 million for the four-week period ending August 2, 2003. Same-store sales increased 6.1%.

Stage Stores Comps Decrease 7.8% in July

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for July increased 26.5% to $89.2 million versus $70.5 million for the prior year four-week period ended August 2, 2003. The increase in total sales resulted primarily from the inclusion of the Peebles stores

Pacific Sunwear July Same-Store Sales Up 6.0%

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of July of fiscal 2004 were $97.2 million, an increase of 16.1% over total sales of $83.7 million for the four weeks of July of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales increased

Goody’s July Comps Decline 4.5%

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported comparable store sales declined 4.5% for the month of July. Total sales for July declined 2.5% to $90.0 million, from $92.3 million in the year-agp ago period…

Wal-Mart Gets Sam’s Lift to Post 3.2% July Comp Sales Gain

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the four-week period ending July 30, 2004, of $20.6 billion, an increase of 10.9% over the $18.6 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year. Wal-Mart comps were up 2.4% and Sam's Club comps we

Longenecker Resigns from USCSA

Tim Longenecker, the Administrative Director for the U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association has decided to resign after ten years of service. His involvement with the USCSA goes back to the early ‘80’s when he was competing in the league. He will be

LPGA Signs Headwear Deal with Drive Headwear

The Ladies Professional Golf Association has inked a deal making DRIVE Headwear the exclusive and official headwear provider of the LPGA. Under this new partnership, DRIVE Headwear will develop a line of hats complementing The LPGA Collection, an LPGA-br

Prince Sports Realigns for Regional Focus

Prince Sports has realigned its organization, internal functions and activities in order to increase its ability to better serve customers, according to George Napier, chairman and CEO of Prince Sports, Inc. Prince is now divided into two business units,

New Balance Expands Breast Cancer Commitment to Canada

New Balance Canada has expanded its North American
corporate commitment to breast cancer research with its newly announced roles as Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation corporate partner and national sponsor for the CIBC Run for the Cure…

Callaway Taps Young and Rubicam for Creative

After a comprehensive agency review process involving several premier advertising agencies, Callaway Golf Company has named Young & Rubicam Brands, Southern California as its agency of record. The agency will handle golf club and golf ball communication

Juraschek Joins Indigo as S.E. Sales Rep

Indigo Equipment has added John Juraschek as its new southeastern U.S. sales representative. Juraschek will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida for the rapidly growing Indigo brand. He brings 15 years of for-profi

Costco June Comps Climb 6.0%

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.64 billion for the five weeks ended July 4, 2004, an increase of 9 percent from $4.28 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. June comps increased 6%…

Kohl’s June Comps Fall 3.7%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 9.8% over the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 3.7%. For the 22 weeks ended July 3, 2004, total sales were up 13.2% over t

Sears June Comps off 3.1%

Sears June Sales fell 4.4% to $2.548 billion compared to $2.664 billion last year. Same store sales for the month of June fell 3.1%…

May D.S. June Comps Rise 1.9%

The May Department Stores preliminary net sales were $1.16 billion for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004, a 2.5% increase from $1.13 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales increased 1.9%…