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Sears, Roebuck and Co. has promoted Mindy Meads to president and CEO of Lands' End, Inc., while continuing her role as EVP of Sears, reporting to Alan J. Lacy, chairman and CEO. Meads has been EVP of merchandising and design for Lands' End and

New Lands' End, Inc. president and CEO Mindy Meads has nameed her senior management team following folowing her promotion that will take effect Feb. 1. Dennis Honan is the new COO, Bill Bass is SVP of e-commerce and VP/GM of Sears Customer Direct and

Retailers will participate in the surge of business spending expected this year, according to new research by the NRF Foundation and BearingPoint unveiled today at the NRF Annual Convention in New York. The study, “Retail Horizons: Benchmarks for 2003, Fo

Stage Stores reported that total sales for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004 increased 46.6% to $211.5 million from $144.3 million in the prior year five-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable store sales, which include results for the Pee

Cimatron, a developer of CAD/CAM solutions for tooling industry, announced its partnership with SHIMANO, who purchased Cimatron E for their offices in Japan and Singapore because of the software’s quick and efficient cutting times. “We drastically reduced

ASICS America Corporation and ASICS Corporation Japan have filed suit in Federal District Court in the US District Court, Central District of California against Payless ShoeSource Inc. for trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution a

Mossimo Inc.'s appeal of the June 17 Arbitration Award and Judgment (that was entered in Cherokee's favor by the Los Angeles Superior Court) was denied by the Court of Appeal for the 2nd District of California and reaffirmed in Cherokee's f

The Finish Line reported net income for Q3 was $2.2 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, versus a loss of $3.2 million, or 13 cents per diluted share in Q3 LY.
Net sales for the third quarter ended November 29, 2003 increased 37% to $202.0 million for

K2 Inc. has announced the appointment of Paul Ebnet to the position of President of Stearns Inc. Ebnet has over 24 years of experience at Stearns in several capacities including his most recent position as senior vice president for sales, marketing, and p

Billabong International Limited announced it
has purchased the Honolua Surf Company apparel brand and its 19-store retail network. Derek O’Neill, chief executive of Billabong International, says the Honolua Surf Company is an emerging brand with significa

L.L.Bean has hired Daniel Love as the company's new Vice President of Finance. Mr. Love comes from the Atlanta, Georgia area where he worked most recently as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for a division o

Superfeet Worldwide is discontinuing their manufacturing of premier stretching and boot modifying tools. Superfeet was the first company to manufacture tools of this sort, and they were the first patented product from Superfeet…

With the knowledge that most serious and even casual cyclist cross-train, Todson has been awarded the exclusive opportunity to introduce Arena swimwear and swim gear to the more than 4,000 bicycling retail stores throughout the United States. Both compani

Collegiate Pacific has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Tomark Sports of Corona, Ca. Under the terms of the merger agreement with Tomark, Collegiate Pacific, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire all of the shares of Tomark, Inc. in e

The Spiegel Group has announced the location of 29 Eddie Bauer stores it intends to close in 2004, 16 of which involve natural lease expirations. These store closings are part of the company's ongoing efforts to improve the
productivity of its store