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Neiman Marcus September Specailty Comps Jump 14.7%

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announced that comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 14.7% in the five-week September period…

TJX Comps Up 8%

TJX sales for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003, were $1,313 million, up 16% over $1,131 million during the five-week period ended October 5, 2002. For the 35 weeks ended October 4, 2003, sales were $8,206 million, a 9% increase over last year&#0

September Comps At Ross Up 5%

Ross Stores reported sales of $363 million for the five week period ended October 4, 2003, a 16% increase above the $314 million in sales for the five weeks ended October 5, 2002. Comparable store sales for the same period rose 5% on top of a 7% gain in t

Footstar Athletic Q3 Comps Up 1.2%

Total Footstar comparable store sales for the thirteen-week period ended September 27, 2003 declined 1.5%. Comps for the athletic segment increased 1.2% and comparable store sales at Meldisco decreased 4.3%. Total Q3 sales were down 13.7%. Total sales f

Famous Footwear September Comps Up 3.2%

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced September retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 4.5 percent to $95,500,000 for the five-week period ended Oct. 4, 2003, compared to $91,400,000 for the same period last year (ended Oct. 5, 2002). Same-store sales fo

September Wet Seal Comps Drop 10%

The Wet Seal reported net sales for the five-week period, ended October 4, 2003, of $47.9 million, compared to net sales of $50.3 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store sales for September this year declined 10.0 %, versus a comparable s

PacSun September Comps Jump 18.5%

Pacific Sunwear reported that total sales for the five weeks of September, 2003 were $81.9 million, an increase of 29.0% over total sales of $63.5 million for the five weeks of September, 2002. Company same store sales increased 18.5% for the comparable f

September Comps Down 1.7% For ShopKo

ShopKo Stores consolidated sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003 decreased 1.9 % to $266.8 million from $272.0 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 1.7%…

Stein Mart September Comps Down 3.3%

Stein Mart's Total sales for the five-week September period were $124.4 million, a 3.1 percent decrease from the $128.4 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for September decreased 3.3 percent from 2002 to 2003…

Reebok Taps Sonny Vaccaro to Run Grassroots Basketball

Reebok International and sports marketing legend Sonny Vaccaro have entered into an agreement to create a comprehensive grassroots basketball platform designed to further connect the sports and fitness brand to the youth basketball market. Vaccaro will b

INTERBIKE is THE Place To Be This Weekend…

The InterBike Tradeshow is shaping up to be a record-breaking event on just about every level. Preliminary attendance levels are the highest they have been since 1998 with 14,000 retailers from 3,300 bike shops pre-registered. The show has seen a 43% gro

Tamarack Postpones Opening

Tamarack Resort, the $1.5 billion new ski area in the Idaho Rockies, has postponed Alpine Skiing due to commence this winter until 2004/5. Tamarack was one of two new ski areas due to open this winter, along side Moonlight Basin in Montana.

New Era Brings In Their First Corp Communications Manager

New Era Cap Company has hired Crystal Howard as New Era's first corporate communications manager. Howard will report to John DeWaal, vice president of global marketing. She will be located in the company's Derby, N.Y. headquarters…

Chris Brewer Is VP Performance Footwear At Fila

In a continuing effort to develop best-in-class products and increase its market share in the athletic footwear category through improved innovation and design, Fila CEO Jon Epstein has named Chris Brewer as VP Performance Footwear for the company…

Jordan Signs Two New Faces

Jordan, a division of Nike, announced the addition of All-Star point guards Gary Payton and Jason Kidd to Team Jordan, the group of professional athletes hand-picked by Michael Jordan to represent the Jordan brand of footwear and apparel…