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Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced a series of moves to further strengthen its flagship Naturalizer brand. Brown will close approximately 80 underperforming stores – 60 in the United States and 20 in Canada — in addition to the ten closed in the first q

Oakley, Inc. announced that on June 3, 2005, Greg Trojan and Colombe Nicholas were added to the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Trojan currently serves as the CEO of House of Blues (HOB) Entertainment and its divisions and Ms. Nicholas, former pre

Tyler Shearer has been name Sales Manager of the Woolrich Apparel Division. In his new role, Shearer will be responsible for all field sales while focusing on
Woolrich pinnacle and mainstream accounts. All Woolrich sales representatives will report direc

The China Economic News Service reported that several major Taiwan-based footwear manufacturers are ramping up production in order to meet demand, which is expected to spike in conjunction with the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Pou Chen Corp. has been co

Lapierre Cycles, a member of Accell Group, opened a branch office in North America, and plans on distributing a complete line of road and mountain bikes starting in October 2005 at Interbike. After an investigative trip to the States in April for the Sea

Exel’s efforts at expanding the Nordic Walking market internationally have not yet shown an any dividends, but the company stated that it will continue to invest in this emerging market in both North America and China. The Finnish company’s Q1 interim rep

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for the four-week period ended May 28, 2005 increased 10.4% to $100.0 million from $90.6 million in the prior year four-week period ended May 29, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 7.0% versus an increase

The Bon-Ton Stores total sales for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005 decreased 6.5% to $89.0 million compared to $95.1 million for the same period last year. Comparable store sales decreased 6.1%…

Total sales for Retail Ventures, Inc. for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005, increased 3.7% to $228.7 million from $220.5 million for the four weeks ended May 29, 2004. The company's same store sales decreased 3.2% for the four week period. DSW May s

Dillard's sales for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005 were $519.0 million compared to sales for the four weeks ended May 29, 2004 of $511.4 million. Sales increased 1% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis.

Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $1.191 billion for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005, an increase in total sales of 0.7% compared to total sales of $1.182 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's sa

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the month of May 2005 were $1.2 billion, 5% above the $1.1 billion achieved during May LY. For the year-to-date, sales reached $4.8 billion, an 8% increase over last year's $4.5 billion. Consolidated compara

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mission-ITECH Hockey, today announced a voluntary recall of the ITECH Profile 2100, 1100 and 8.0 hockey goalie masks and ITECH RP607 and RP609 goalie mask replacement wires. The metal wire o

Pony International, LLC, announced a partnership with Sports Biomechanics Inc., [SBI] one of the shoe industry’s premier experts in footwear technology. All testing with SBI will be done at Michigan State University, utilizing the university’s award winni

Gottschalks same store sales for the month of May 2005 increased 4.2% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 3.7% to $47.4 million from $45.7 million in May 2004. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 0.6% from the same per