<p>Retailer Saks Incorporated announced that comparable store sales for the four weeks ended March 1, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended March 2, 2002 decreased 4.1% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales increased 1.2% for SDSG and </p>
<p>Costco Wholesale Corporation announced net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 increased 8% to $9.92 billion from $9.21 billion during the second quarter of fiscal 2002. Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 decreased 5% to $182.1 milli</p>
<p>Kohl's Corporation reported net income for the fiscal year ended Feb. 1, 2003, increased 29.8% to $643.4 million, or $1.87 per diluted share, compared to $495.7 million, or $1.45 per diluted share for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2002. Net sales</p>
<p>Although females continue to lead males as purchasers<br />
of sports footwear, their lead decreased in 2002, according to data released by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). For 2002, females purchased 53.1% of all sport footwear compared to 54.7%</p>
<p>TARE7, owner of genetic airwalk skateboarding announced the appointment of Steve “Stix” Nilsen as the national sales manager of the genetic airwalk skateboarding division…</p>
<p>The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the Sporting Goods CPI Index at 101.6 for January, down 1.6% versus the January 2002 index. The drop was slightly less than the December decline of 1.8%…</p>
<p>U.S. consumers purchased nearly 7% more pairs of athletic footwear in 2002 than in 2001, but the average price paid per pair fell by 4.2%. The result was that total spending rose only 2.5%, according to research by The NPD Group…</p>
<p>Rumors have been flying for weeks about a mysterious “Brand Six” that was about to be added to the stable at GBMI. Speculation ran from GBMI buying an athletic performance brand to acquiring a skate shoe company. A section of their new headquarters in S</p>
<p>Fila Holding S.p.A. reported a 2002 full year net loss of $76.4 million compared with $125.2 million in 2001. Worldwide revenues for the year decreased by 7% to EUR 909.5 million and were flat when expressed in terms of constant exchange rate and continu</p>
<p>Coastcast Corporation reported sales for the year ended December 31, 2002 were $62.4 million vs. $115.5 million in 2001. The 2002 net loss was $10.4 million vs. a loss of $2.3 million in the prior year. Diluted loss per share was ($1.36) vs. ($0.30).</p>
<p>Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that same store sales increased 14.8% for the comparable four-week period ended March 1, 2003 with PacSun same store sales up 10% and d.e.m.o. same store sales up 49%…</p>
<p>Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported total sales for fiscal 2002 increased 23.6% to $846.4 million. Same-store sales increased 9.7% for the comparable 52 week period ended Feb. 1, 2003. Net income for fiscal 2002 increased 80% to $49.7 million, o</p>
<p>Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), Canada's leading supplier of outdoor gear, just launched a full-featured on-line gearswap called OutdoorGearSwap.com…</p>
<p>The Bush Administration, the ACLU, the AFL-CIO, European entities, and dozens of media organizations have joined forces in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reaffirm the First Amendment right to free and open debate and to overturn an unprecedented Califor</p>
<p>This city is dusting itself off again from the loss of another major business, this time the corporate headquarters for Sports Authority. The Lauderdale Lakes-based sporting goods company that began in 1987 announced last week it would merge with Color</p>
