New Balance Expands Breast Cancer Commitment to Canada
New Balance Canada has expanded its North American
corporate commitment to breast cancer research with its newly announced roles as Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation corporate partner and national sponsor for the CIBC Run for the Cure…
June Comps Climb 5.7% at Nordstrom
Nordstrom preliminary sales were $707.4 million for the five-week period ending July 3, 2004, an increase of 8.5%compared to sales of $652.0 million for the five-week period ending July 5, 2003. Same-store sales increased 5.7%…
Prince Sports Realigns for Regional Focus
Prince Sports has realigned its organization, internal functions and activities in order to increase its ability to better serve customers, according to George Napier, chairman and CEO of Prince Sports, Inc. Prince is now divided into two business units,
J.C. Penney June Comps Climb 4.8%
J. C. Penney Company comparable department store sales increased 4.8% for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004. Sales reflect a good customer response to planned Father's Day marketing events. Catalog/Internet sales decreased 3.4%, with Internet increas
LPGA Signs Headwear Deal with Drive Headwear
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has inked a deal making DRIVE Headwear the exclusive and official headwear provider of the LPGA. Under this new partnership, DRIVE Headwear will develop a line of hats complementing The LPGA Collection, an LPGA-br
Pacific Sunwear June Comps Climb 7.0%
Pacific Sunwear total sales for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2004 were $105.2 million, an increase of 17.4% over total sales of $89.6 million for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales increased 7.0% for the comparable five-we
Longenecker Resigns from USCSA
Tim Longenecker, the Administrative Director for the U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association has decided to resign after ten years of service. His involvement with the USCSA goes back to the early ‘80’s when he was competing in the league. He will be
Shoe Carnival June Comps Down 4.6%
Shoe Carnival sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 2.2% to $48.6 million from sales of $47.5 million for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 4.6% in June 2004…
June Comps Climb 3.4% at Federated
Federated Department Stores total sales were $1.382 billion for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.4 percent compared to total sales of $1.336 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's Ju
Stage Stores June Comps Drop 2.5%
Stage Stores total sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 38.6% to $100.1 million from $72.2 million in the prior year five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 2.5% versus a decrease of 2.7% last year…
Payless June Comps Fall 1.0%
Payless ShoeSource, Inc. same-store sales decreased 1.0 percent during the June reporting period, the five weeks ended July 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $289.2 million, a 0.7 percent decrease from $291.3 million during fiscal June of last year. Same-sto
June Comps Climb 2.3% at Target
Target net retail sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 increased 8.1% to $4.471 billion from $4.135 billion for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 2.3% from fiscal June 2003. Total sales fr
June Comps Fall 4.0% at Ross Stores
Ross Stores reported sales of $381 million for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004, a 4% increase above the $367 million in sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales for the month of June declined 4% from the prior year…
May D.S. June Comps Rise 1.9%
The May Department Stores preliminary net sales were $1.16 billion for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004, a 2.5% increase from $1.13 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales increased 1.9%…
Sears June Comps off 3.1%
Sears June Sales fell 4.4% to $2.548 billion compared to $2.664 billion last year. Same store sales for the month of June fell 3.1%…
