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In late June, the Department of Commerce placed quotas on apparel imports from China. Those quotas, which were quickly filled when larger vendors and retailers aggressively moved to secure deliveries, have now turned into an embargo and many retailers may

The Future Fisherman Foundation awarded over $160,000 in National Fishing and Boating Education Grants to various physical education programs in schools across the country. The recipients will use the grant funds to teach fishing and boating in their scho

When Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast last week it was first assumed that New Orleans had lucked out as the storm moved east and hit the Mississippi coast head on. As we all know by now, the subsequent flooding of the city of New Orleans, the effect

Global Brand Marketing, Inc. announced the promotion of Andrew Tate to senior vice president of Global Product Development. Tate will oversee all aspects of product development for footwear for all of GBMI’s brands, as well as in footwear licensing in reg

J. C. Penney total department store sales increased 3.7%, while comparable store sales increased 2.8% for the four weeks ended August 27, 2005. Comparable store sales were in line with previous guidance of a low-single digit increase, and come on top of a

Retail Ventures announced total sales for the four weeks ended August 27, 2005, increased 3.3% to $216.4 million from $209.4 million for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 1.7% for the four week period…

The Neiman Marcus Group announced preliminary company-wide revenues for August 2005 were $255 million compared to $239 million, an increase of 6.5%. Comparable store sales increased 8.2%…

Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended August 27, 2005 increased 12.2% to $3.862 billion from $3.442 billion for same the four-week period of 2004. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 6.3% from fisc

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.09 billion for the four weeks ended August 28, 2005, an increase of 12% from $3.64 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. August Comps Jumped 9%…

Krystin Strasser is Pacific Cycle's new Marketing Production Manager. Strasser will oversee the production of all print marketing materials and various other marketing projects, negotiate estimates of outsourced projects and establish and oversee sta

The Finish Line 2nd quarter net sales were $341.6 million, an increase of 9% over net sales of $312.2 million for Q2 last year. Comparable store net sales for Q2 decreased 2% as compared to an increase of 6% reported for the comparable thirteen-week perio