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Lowa Names Southeast Rep Agency

Lowa Boots the U.S., announced the appointment of Rep First sales agency to manage the company’s Southeast territory. David Ripley, Greg Fischer, and Jim Screven will oversee LOWA’s sales and marketing efforts in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, S

Dillard’s Five-Week Comps Drop 5%

Dillard's said its comp sales fell 5% in the five-week period ended July 5 on a 4% decline in sales to $593.3 million. The department store retailer said sales were trending above average in the Central region and slightly below average in the Easter

Delta Raises Guidance on 14% Q4 Sales Growth

Delta Apparel, Inc. reported record fourth quarter fiscal 2008 revenue of approximately $105 million, an increase of over 14% from the prior year fourth quarter as sales grew in each of its operating divisions. This results brings full year fiscal 2008 re

June Comps Surge 16% at American Apparel

American Apparel, Inc. reported that for the month of June 2008, sales for stores open for more than twelve months increased 16% over the year-ago period, on a constant currency basis. For the month of June 2007, comparable store sales increased 28%. Ther

BJ’s Wholesale Club Reports June Sales Results

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. today reported that sales for June 2008 increased by 18.8% to $1.05 billion from $887 million in June 2007. On a comparable club basis, sales for June 2008 increased by 16.5%, including a contribution from sales of gasoline worth

Stein Mart, Inc. Reports June 2008 Sales

Stein Mart, Inc. today reported total sales and comparable store sales for the fiscal period(s) ended July 5, 2008.During June, comparable stores sales of ladies' casual sportswear, and ladies' dresses and social occasion were positive, while gi

Target Says .4% Comps Gain Exceeds Expectation

Target Corporation said its net retail sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2008 increased 6.6% to $5.84 billion from $5.48 billion for the five weeks ended July 7, 2007. On this same basis, June comparable store sales increased 0.4%…

Ross Ups Guidance on 8% Comps Growth

Discounter Ross Stores Inc. upped its earnings per share guidance for the 13 weeks ending August 2, 2008 after reporting sales and comp store growth of 15% and 8% respectively for the five weeks ended July 5. Dresses, Accessories and Shoes remained the st

Neiman Marcus June Comps Slide 2.4%

Neiman Marcus, Inc. reported June comps slid 2.4%. Total sales slipped 1.1% to $401 million from $406 million. In the five-week June period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodm

NexCen Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Letter

On July 8, 2008, NexCen Brands, Inc. received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency letter indicating that, for the last 30 consecutive business days, the bid price for the ompany’s common stock has closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued l

Lotto: 2007 Sales Turnover +8%

Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A., the leading Italian company in the production and distribution of sports footwear, clothing and accessories, closes 2007 with total sales of 300 million euro ($411 million) and 8% growth, compared with 2006…

Hincapie Sportwear Hires New Design Director

Hincapie Sportswear, Inc. has hired Nikole Rock as its new Director of Design & Development. Rock will be responsible for all aspects of design, development and sourcing of the Hincapie retail apparel line…

Bakers Reports 10.4% Comp Gain

Bakers Footwear Group, Inc. comparable store sales increased 10.4% for the five-week period ended July 5. That compares with a decrease of 20.2% for the five-week period ended July 7, 2007. Net sales for June 2008 increased 7.3% to $16.6 million…