May Company April Comps Decrease 5.6%
The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net sales of $967.4 million for the four-week period ended May 3, 2003, a 3.8% decrease from $1.01 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 5.6%…
Federated April Same-Store Sales Down 1.4%
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.076 billion for the four weeks ended May 3, 2003. This represents a decrease of 1.7% from total sales of $1.096 billion for the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's A
Stein Mart April Same-Store Sales Down 3.8%
Stein Mart, Inc. announced total sales for the four-week April period were $108.4 million, a 3.0% percent decrease from the $111.8 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for April decreased 3.8 percent from 2002 to 2003…
Elder-Beerman April Comps Decrease 5.6%
Total store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. decreased 4.2% to $44.2 million for the four weeks ended May 3, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended May 4, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased by 5.6%…
PacifIc Sunwear April Comps Jump 16.9%
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of April of fiscal 2003 were $60.4 million, an increase of 26.1% over total sales of $47.9 million for the four weeks of April of fiscal 2002. Company same store sales increa
The Buckle April Same-Store Sales Up 1.2%
The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended May 3, 2003 increased 5.2% to $24.0 million from sales of $22.8 million in the corresponding four-week period ended May 4, 2002. Comparable store sales were up 1.2%…
Dillard’s April Comps Decrease 2.0%
Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the four weeks ended May 3, 2003 were $536,483,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended May 4, 2002 of $548,383,000. Sales decreased 2% on both a total and comparable store basis for the four-week period
Sears April Domestic Comps Fall 8.5%
Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced that comparable domestic store revenues decreased 8.5% for the four weeks ended May 3, 2003. Total domestic store revenues were $2.0 billion, an 8.0% decrease compared with the four weeks ended May 4, 2002…
Stage Stores April Comps Increase 3.6%
Stage Stores, Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the four-week period ended May 3, 2003 increased 3.6% as compared to the prior year four-week period ended May 4, 2002. Total sales increased 7.7% to $65.5 million from $60.8 million in the prior
Target Corp. April Comps Increase 3.9%
Target Corporation today reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended May 3, 2003 increased 11.3% to $3.191 billion from $2.866 billion for the four-week period ended May 4, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 3.9% from fiscal April 2002
Shoe Carnival April Comps Increase 5.0%
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended May 3, 2003 increased 18.1% to $46.8 million from sales of $39.7 million for the four-week period ended May 4, 2002. Comparable store sales increased 5.0% in April 2003…
GBMI Appoints National Sales Manager for Dry-shoD
Global Brand Marketing, Inc., owner of Pony International and Dry-ShoD, and global footwear licensee for Diesel, XOXO, Nautica and Mecca, has named Thomas Anzures as National Sales Manager for Dry-shoD. Mr. Anzures will be responsible for all US sales and
U.S. Signs Apparel Quota Agreement with Vietnam
Retailers cheered and the textile sector groaned after the United States signed an apparel agreement with Vietnam giving a generous package of clothing quotas to the country that was the site of one of the U.S. military's most humiliating retreats
Nicklaus Sues Wilson Over Name Use
In the golf world, if you don't have Nicklaus, you can't have JACK. That's the argument of Jack Nicklaus and his golf-products companies, which are suing Wilson Sporting Goods in federal court in Columbus, OH.
Wilson, the suit conten
Retailers Report Slumping March Sales
Fixated on news coverage of the war in Iraq and worried about their jobs, shoppers stayed away from the malls in March, giving the nation's retailers another month of disappointing sales. Unseasonably cool weather in parts of the country and a late E
