<p>Benetton Group announced last week that Chief Executive Luiggi De Puppi will step down at April's annual shareholders meeting. His decision followed the successful completion of his mandate, which included selling off Benetton's unprofitable sp</p>
<p>Pacific Sunwear has certainly turned the tide in the operations area and is now riding a wave of good fortune thanks to strong merchandising, operational efficiencies and aggressive growth. While many other mall retailers continue to suffer from weak com</p>
<p>According to The Monthly Mall Merchandise Index, maintained by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), sales/square foot in mall-based Athletic Footwear stores were $41 in December, a gain of 1.5% versus December LY. Sales for 2002 declined</p>
<p>Quiksilver looks to riding much the same wave as PacSun, but with broader appeal beyond the narrow – but deep — teen segment. The company is growing business across all age groups, genders and continents to establish a truly global lifestyle brand with </p>
<p>It didn’t take long to start the consolidation of Bike Athletic into the Russell Athletic division of Russell Corporation. RML acquired the venerable sporting goods brand out of bankruptcy in late January and should see full consolidation of operations b</p>
<p>Maybe the Bush Administration should enlist the help of Nike to help build a broader U.N. coalition against Iraq.<br />
Nike has rounded up a diverse group of supporters as it goes before the U.S. Supreme Court in its first amendment fight over a California Sup</p>
<p>Ashworth Inc. announced consolidated net revenue for the first quarter of 2003 ended Jan. 31, 2003 increased 32.3% to $26.6 million as compared to $20.1 million for the first quarter of 2002. The company reported consolidated first quarter net income of $</p>
<p>Gart Sports Company net income for the fiscal year 2002 ended February 1, 2003 increased to $23.2 million, or $1.86 per fully diluted share, compared with $15.9 million, or $1.54 per fully diluted share, in the prior year. Total sales for the year advanc</p>
<p>Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of February 2003 decreased by 1.6% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased by 3.1% to $43.3 million from $44.7 million in February 2002…</p>
<p>Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales for the fiscal month of February 2003 of $66.3 million, a decrease of 12.0% from total sales for the fiscal month of February 2002 (the four weeks ended March 2, 2002) of $75.3 million… </p>
<p>ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended March 1, 2003 were $215.6 million, 1.3% lower than the $218.5 million reported for the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales declined 1.2%…</p>
<p>Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended March 1, 2003 increased 1.6% to $35.3 million from sales of $34.8 million for the four-week period ended March 2, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 8.5%…</p>
<p>The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended March 1, 2003 increased 3.7 percent to $25.5 million from sales of $24.6 million in the corresponding four-week period ended March 2, 2002. Comparable store sales, for stores open at le</p>
<p>The Buckle reported net sales for fiscal 2002 increased 3.5% to $401.1 million from $387.6 million in the 52 weeks of fiscal 2001. Comparable store net sales were down 0.5%. Net income for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2003 was $32.1 million or $1.5</p>
<p>Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the four weeks ended March 1, 2003 were $610,272,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended March 2, 2002 of $599,102,000. Total sales increased 2% for the four-week period. Sales in comparable stores for </p>
