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According to a report issued by the International Council of Shopping Centers, retailers in February saw their best cumulative monthly year-over-year same-store sales since April 2000. Overall comp store sales in February rose 6.7% from the same month a

The record cold temperatures in much of the country in January, coupled with clearance sales and gift card redemptions, had a considerable warming effect on retail sales for the month as retailers posted surprisingly strong results to close out the retail

“Tis the season for investor conferences as analysts look for something, anything, that will give them an edge as most industry vendors close their calendar year and retailers finish up their 2003 sales cycle. The last week saw the Super Show Financial D

Retailers played a waiting game with consumers in December and ended up having the best Holiday season in four years as a result. Thanks to tighter inventories, few retailers panicked and went into hyper markdown mode early as in seasons past…

Was it the warm weather in the East? Maybe the fires in the West? Or did consumers simply run out of tax rebate money? Maybe they just took a break during October to gear up for the Holiday shopping season….

There was a ray of hope about the short term future of U.S. athletic footwear sales as retailers announced significantly improved Back-to-School and August Results. Although the NSGA’s consumer survey released last week confirmed our previous report (

National retailers were pleasantly surprised by an uptick in sales last month, as industry insiders and analysts said consumers appear to be loosening the grip on their wallets. The perfect timing and buzz surrounding the mailing of child tax credit reba

Retailers faced soft traffic and deflating prices in Q1, now they have a new worry in the Q2: high inventory levels.
As reported in last week’s SPORTS EXECUTIVE WEEKLY, in their first-quarter earning releases, many retailers reported big jumps in

Stride Rite Corporation saw Q1 2003 net income rise 17% to $8.8 million on solid sales gains for its Keds, Sperry Top-Sider, and Tommy Hilfiger footwear lines. Earnings per share for the quarter ended February 28, 2003 were 22 cents, up from 18 cents fo

Quick – What do Hibbett and Wal-Mart have in common other than owning small-town markets?

The two, along with Costco and Kohl’s, are the ONLY retailers in the chart on the following page that reported positive same-store sales growth for January again