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The May Department Stores preliminary net sales were $978 million for the four-week period ended May 29, 2004, a 2.7% decrease from $1.01 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 3.8%. Store-for-store sales for the month o

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 3.9% during the May reporting period, the four weeks ended May 29, 2004. Company sales totaled $246.7 million, a 4.3 percent increase from $236.5 million during fiscal May of last year…

Ross Stores sales were $319 million for the four weeks ended May 29, 2004, an 8% increase above the $296 million in sales for the four weeks ended May 31, 2003. Comparable store sales for the month declined 1% from the prior year, in line with the Company

The Umbro Holdings IPO in London hit a bit of a snag this week after the company was forced to back off its initial expectations of a offer price in the £1.50 – £1.90 ($2.72-$3.45) range to a more realistic offering at £1.00 ($1.81). Investors and analys

Sport-Haley said it is “disappointed” with sales of its Haley branded product, especially with the decrease seen in the men’s apparel segment, but appear to be quite happy with the gains seen in the Ben Hogan brand apparel licensed through the Top-Flite G

Perry Ellis International reported that Q1 net income profit jumped 46% to $8.2 million for the quarter. EPS was up 11.3% to 89 cents per diluted share. Total revenue surged 82.4% to $197 million from $108 million in the year-ago period. Gross margin i

At the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Conference in Atlanta, Dudley Mendenhall, K2 Inc.’s SVP Finance, outlined his company’s performance and future strategy for investors. Mendenhall said K2 now represents about $1 billion of the $50 billion U.S. wholesale

The international labor organizations, Oxfam, Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Labor Behind the Label recently launched a campaign called “Play Fair at the Olympics.” The campaign singles out sportswear manufacturers – particularly Puma – for cutting corne

Genesco Inc. is feeling pretty good about the business these days, so much so that the company has gone ahead and increased full year sales and earnings estimates once again. The strength of the fashion athletics business at Journeys and better-than expe

The Dallas Cowboys, the only NFL team that opted to handle development and sales of its own team softgoods merchandise when the league did the exclusive deal with Reebok, will apparently let its exclusive retail deal with JC Penney expire at the end of it

Sport Chalet pointed to “more seasonable” winter weather at the resorts frequented by their customers as well as an “improved economic climate” for a strong fourth quarter that finished off a turnaround year for the 31 store chain based outside Los Angele