Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues
increased 1.1 percent for the four weeks ended Feb. 28, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.7 billion for the four-week period in February 2004, down 0.5 percent, compared with the four we
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The Buckle Sees 10.8% Comp Sales Increase in February
The Buckle's sales for the four-week period ended
February 28, 2004 increased 14.9% to $29.3 million from sales of $25.5 million in the corresponding four-week period ended March 1, 2003. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, wer
Target February Comps Up 7.5%
Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended February 28, 2004 increased 13.0% to $3.305 billion from $2.926 billion for the four-week period ended March 1, 2003. Comparable-store sales increased 7.5% from fiscal February
TJX February Comps Jump 10%
The TJX Companies reported February 2004 sales results for the four-week period ended February 28, 2004, were $934 million, up 20% over the $776 million achieved during the four-week period ended March 1, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the
Callaway Expands Trade In Program to Include Other Brands
Callaway Golf Company announced plans to expand its successful Trade In! Trade Up! program to include products from other golf brands. Acting on strong feedback from consumers and retailers, Trade In! Trade Up! will now make it easy for owners of other ma
Dick’s SG Announces Finance Promotions
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. has announced that Jeffrey R. Hennion has been named to the position of Senior Vice President – Strategic Planning. In this newly created role, Mr. Hennion will be responsible for leading DKS' Strategic Planning and
BackcountryStore.com Reports Seventh Year of Triple Digit Sales Increases
BackcountryStore.com reported record sales for 2003, with an increase of 134% year-over-year versus 2002. The increase is the 7th year in a row of triple digit growth for the company. In addition, the fourth quarter of 2003 was BackcountryStore.com’s bigg
Profitability Falls for Specialty Fitness Dealers
Profitability and productivity for specialty fitness dealers fell in 2003 according to data reported in the just-published National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) Cost of Doing Business Survey…
Billabong Grows In Adverse Conditions
Billabong leveraged international sales to post strong numbers for the company’s first half of fiscal 2003-04. US sales jumped 27% in local currencies, with EBITDA in the US rising 36%. Australian sales were up 11% with “double digit profit growth” in key
Tell Me Again What I Won Here???…
You can use your name, but just don’t let anyone see it and don’t tell anybody about it. That appears to be the bottom line in a trademark infringement case between Quicksilver and Kymsta in their dispute over the use of the Roxy and Roxywear brand names
Head NV Sees Nice Winter Sports Gains in Q4; U.S. Dollar Leads to Upbeat Report…
Head NV saw growth across most divisions in Q4, with only Diving showing a decline, but net income took a plunge for the quarter and the net loss for the year widened almost six fold. Head again benefited greatly from its reporting format in U.S. dollars,
Famous Footwear Banks on Athletic for 2004 Growth…
Famous Footwear president Joe Wood said growth in the women’s business in the fourth quarter was offset by the challenges in the Athletic Footwear business. Wood pointed to price compression across the industry that impacted prices “to the tune of about
YY to Put $90mm into Apparel Moves…
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd, which is the world’s largest maker of athletic footwear, will apparently put its money where its mouth is in regard to pushing deeper into apparel manufacturing as well. The company last week said it had set aside $80 mi
Exercise Equipment Pushes 2003 U.S. Exports into the Black…
According to a report compiled by SGMA International based on U.S. Commerce Department data, U.S. exports of Sporting Goods products actually inched up 0.9% last year to $1.84 billion from $1.82 billion in 2002. The export number had declined 7.2% in 200
Puma Q4 Earnings Up 96% on 27% Sales Gain; Backlog Up 36%
Puma AG reported that Q4 consolidated sales increased by 27.1% to €227.7 million ($271.1 mm), or up 35.4% on a currency neutral basis. Apparel recorded a growth rate of 17.6% reaching €68.8 million ($81.9 mm), or up 26.4% currency adjusted. Footwear sales