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Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.08 billion for the four weeks ended November 28, 2004, an increase of 7% from $3.80 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales increased 5%, with U.S. comps

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announced that total revenues for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004 increased 5.0% to $308 million, compared to $293 million in the year-ago period. Comparable store sales increased 8.4%…

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004 decreased 4.9% to $272.8 million from $286.8 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 4.8%…

Les Otten, the man who engineered the 2002 purchase of the Boston Red Sox, will be an added featured speaker at the International Business Intelligence Series during The Super Show/ 2005 (January 17-19, 2005, Orlando, FL). Otten will speak about topics r

The National Sporting Goods Association is sponsoring the first-of-its-kind workshop that will seek ways to stimulate growth in the nearly $15 billion athletic footwear market. The workshop will be held Tuesday, May 24, at the 41st Annual NSGA Management

Oakley, Inc. has entered into an agreement with The Hockey Company to be the company's exclusive worldwide distributor for its patented, optically correct, hockey face shields. By way of the distribution agreement, THC will begin marketing and dist

Gert Boyle, Chairman of Columbia Sportswear Company®, Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield. and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher on Thursday commenced the official dedication of Columbia's new Robards, KY-based distribution center. Columbia anticipates

Royal Precision, an industry leader in golf club shaft and grip manufacturing, has selected Alday Communications, Inc. (ACI) for additional public relations support in building consumer and trade awareness, announced Ray Lucas, VP Sales and Marketing of R

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported that sales for November 2004 were $1.4 billion, up 10% over $1.3 billion achieved during the four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended November 27, 2004, i

Ashworth, Inc. announced that it has again been ranked by the prestigious Darrell Survey as the number one brand in shirt usage among golf consumers. This is the ninth consecutive year that the Company has received the number one ranking…

Collegiate Pacific Inc. announced that the initial purchaser in the Company's recent private offering of 5.75% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2009 has exercised its option to purchase an additional $10 million principal amount of the notes