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Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 increased 12.4 percent to $3.632 billion from $3.231 billion for the four-week period ended August 31, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 5.7% from fiscal A

Late business boosts the success of Cold As Ice, Inc. in their continuing effort to pioneer new ground for women's snowboard apparel. The company found itself happily asking, “who turned on the snowboarding faucet again”? After several quarters of th

Varsity Brands, Inc. has reached an agreement to settle two purported class action lawsuits that were filed in Delaware and Tennessee against the company, its board of directors and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. The lawsuits challenged the proposed merge

American kids, teenagers, and young adults, aged 8 to 21 years, have annual incomes totaling $211 billion, according to latest projections based on results of a recent nationwide survey of the Generation Y population. Results show that this group is spen

Wilson Racquet Sports is pleased to announce Chris Kushner has been hired as the Marketing Analyst for Accessories…

Robert Cleary, Jr., has been appointed national vice president of sales at Speedo, a division of Authentic Fitness Corp., according to an announcement by Roger Williams, president and COO. Authentic Fitness is a division of Warnaco, Inc…

Late business boosts the success of Cold As Ice in their continuing effort to pioneer new ground for women’s snowboard apparel. The company found itself happily asking, “who turned on the snowboarding faucet again”? After several quarters of the sport bei

The planets seem to be aligned for retailers right now if the latest Retail Sector Performance Index is any indication. The latest Executive Opinion Survey conducted by National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. (BTM) shows th

The Athlete’s Foot has been able to do something that few, if any, retailers have been able to do — capitalize financially on its brand name. The retailer and global franchisor of athletic specialty stores last week announced a securitization transactio

Meanwhile, north of the border, Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer and franchisor saw the western provinces drag down sales results in the fiscal second quarter, with British Columbia and Alberta comping down “slightly over 5%” for the quarter compa

Published reports last week had adidas-Salomon making a $135 million cash bid for Top-Flite Golf Company, topping the $125 million offer made by the appointed stalking horse, Callaway Golf Company. The bids are part of the 363 asset sale required in Top-F