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Saks October Comps Up 4.1%

Saks Incorporated announced that for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended
November 2, 2002 total sales increased 5.0% and comparable store sales increased 4.1% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales

Kohl’s October Comps Drop 11.6%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the four week period ended November 1, 2003 increased 2.9% over the four week period ended November 2, 2002. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 11.6%…

Foot Locker Q3 Comps Inch Up 0.4%; Ups Guidance

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended November 1, 2003 of $1.2 billion, versus $1.1 billion in the comparable period last year, an increase of 6.6%, or 3.3% on a currency-neutral basis. Comparable store sales increased 0.4% for th

DSW Leads Retail Ventures to Positive Oct. with 9.1% Comp Gain

Retail Ventures, announced total sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003, increased 5.6% to $214.2 million from $202.9 million for the four weeks ended November 2, 2002. The company's same store sales increased 0.9% for the four week period.

Target October Comps Up 1.6%

Target Corporation net retail sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003 increased 7.9 % to $3.374 billion from $3.126 billion for the four-week period ended November 2, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 1.6 % from fiscal October 2002…

October Comps Up 1.4% at Payless

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 1.4 percent during the October reporting period, the four weeks ended Saturday, November 1, 2003. Company sales totaled $207.5 million, a 2.5 percent increase from $202.5 million during fiscal October of last

Famous Footwear October Comps Decline 4.9%

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced that October sales at Famous Footwear were $70,200,000 for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003 compared to $72,200,000 for the same
period last year (ended November 2, 2002). Same-store sales declined 4.9%. Thi

Sears October Comps Decline 2.7%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues decreased 2.7 percent for the four weeks ended Nov. 1, 2003. Total domestic store revenues were $1.9 billion for the four-week period in October 2003, down 2.2 percent compared with the four weeks

Wal-Mart Comps Up 4% In October

Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the four-week period ending October 31, 2003, of $19.066 billion, an increase of 11.8 percent over the $17.051 billion in the similar period in the prior year…

Shoe Carnival October Comps Fall 9.0%

Shoe Carnival sales for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003, decreased 0.6 percent to $37.7 million from sales of $37.9 million for the four-week period ended November 2, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 9.0 percent in October 2003. Comparab

Big 5 to Redeem Senior Notes

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Big 5 Corp., will redeem $35 million principal amount of its 10.875% senior notes due 2007, using funds available under a revolving credit facility. Big 5 estimates that the

American Eagle Settles on CEO

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. has named Jim O'Donnell Chief Executive Officer, and Roger Markfield Vice-Chairman/President of the American Eagle Division. Previously, Messrs. O'Donnell and Markfield served as Co-CEOs, positions they held since

ShopKo Appoints New Softlines GMM

ShopKo Stores, Inc. has named Paul White, ShopKo division senior vice president, general merchandise manager – softlines. White, whi came from May Company's Famous Barr division, assumes responsibility for the merchandising and profitability of ladie

Sport Chalet Fiscal Q2 Earnings Up 22% as Comps Rise 3.7%

Sport Chalet, Inc. announced sales for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2003 increased from $56.3 million last year to $61.8 million this year, a 9.8% increase. The increase is the result of opening two stores in late November 2002, aided by

The Backcountry Store Launches New Catalogue

BackcountryStore.com will open up a new marketing front when it drops more than 125,000 catalogs in the mail during the first week of November. The winter – 03 catalog is the first for BackcountryStore.com and will become a regular part of the company’s d