Tax Holiday Shift Impacts Dillard’s July Comps
Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004 were $529.7 million compared to sales for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003 of $549.1 million. Sales declined 4% for the 4-week period on both a total and comparable store
DSW Comps Up 1.2% in July; RVI Comps Off 2.3%
Retail Ventures, Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004, increased 3.7% to $170.6 million from $164.6 million for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 2.3% for the four week peri
Bon-Ton July Comps Inch Up 1.4%; Beerman’s Fall 3.5%
The Bon-Ton Stores' total sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004 increased 93.4% to $75.2 million, including $35.2 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $38.9 million for the same period last year. Bon-Ton comparable store
Federated July Comps Up 3.7%
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $998 million for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.6% compared to total sales of $962 million in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's
Ross Stores July Comps Fall 5%
Ross Stores reported sales of $309 million for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004, a 2% increase above the $303 million in sales reported for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003. Comparable store sales for the same period declined 5% from the prior
Payless July Comps Drop 6.5%
Payless ShoeSource same-store sales decreased 6.5% during the July reporting period, the four weeks ended July 31, 2004. Company sales totaled $192.0 million, a 5.7 percent decrease from $203.6 million during fiscal July of last year…
Target Stores July Comps Up 4.1%
Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004 increased 8.8% to $3.59 billion from $3.30 billion for the four-week period ended August 2, 2003. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 3.8% from f
TJX July Same-Store Sales Increase 3.0%
The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004, were $1.0 billion, up 12% over $899 million achieved during the four-week period ended August 2, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended
Foot Locker Second Quarter Comp Sales Dip 0.5%
Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended July 31, 2004 of $1.27 billion, versus $1.12 billion in the comparable period last year, an increase of 12.9%, which includes the addition of 350 Footaction stores and expansion in Europe. For
May D.S. July Comps Fall 5.0%
The May Department Stores preliminary net sales were $817.9 million for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004, a 5.3% decrease from $863.4 million in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 5.5%. July store-for-store sales decre
Famous Footwear July Comps Off 2.0%; BWS Warns on Q2
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced July retail sales at Famous Footwear were $86.1 million for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004 compared to $85.1 million for the same period last year. Same-store sales for July decreased 2.0%. At this point, BWS
Sears July Comps Decline 2.6%
Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues decreased 2.6 percent for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.84 billion for the four-week period in July 2004, down 4.0 percent compared with the four weeks
ShopKo Comps Off 0.6% in July
ShopKo Stores consolidated sales for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004 decreased 0.9% to $222.5 million from $224.6 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 0.6%…
July Comps Drop 4.2% at Kohl’s
Kohl's Corporation sales for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004 increased 10 percent over the four-week period ended August 2, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 4.2 percent…
Urban Outfitters Q2 Comps Jump 11%; Direct Sales Double
Urban Outfitters sales for the second quarter climbed to a record $189.5 million, a 54% increase over the same period last year. This sharp year-over-year increase in quarterly sales was driven by a 26% jump in total Company comparable store sales (over a
