Puma Launches New Concept Store In Silicon Valley

PUMA announced the latest addition to their North American retail family, capping of a year of intense expansion. The capitol of Silicon Valley will welcome a PUMA concept store to the Valley Fair Mall on December 12th. The roughly 10,000 square foot Spo

InterBike Badge Program Raises $50,000

­Having made the final tally on the funds received through Interbike's new Exhibitor Badge Program, show organizers are proud to announce that the newly instated program was successful in generating $50,000 to benefit the America Bikes campaign…

Spiegel Granted Additional Time to File Audited Financials

The Spiegel Group announced that the U.S. District Court in Chicago entered an Order on December 4, 2003, granting relief in response to the company's motion to modify the Amended Partial Final Judgment and Order of Permanent Injunction and Other Equ

K2 Accepts Brass Eagle Shares

K2, pursuant to its previously announced offer to exchange each share of common stock of Brass Eagle for 0.6036 of a share of K2 common stock, has accepted for exchange all shares of Brass Eagle common stock tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration

Teter Joins Nikita Clothing

Nikita Clothing is proud to announce slope-style champion, and half-pipe hero Hannah Teter as the newest addition to their elite team of professional snowboarders and skateboarders. The deal was finalized at the end of November, just before Teter flew to

Shoe Carnival November Comps Fall 7.8%; Warns on Q4

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003 increased 2.3% to $43.4 million from sales of $42.4 million for the four-week period ended November 30, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 7.8% for the month. the com

Target Corp. November Comps Up 6.2%; Mervyn’s Off 1.5%

Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 increased 12.1% to $4.414 bn from $3.937 bn for the four-week period ended November 30, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 6.2% from fiscal November 2002,

The Finish Line Rolls On as Q3 Comps Jump 25%

The Finish Line, Inc. reported net sales of $202.0 million for the thirteen weeks ended November 29, 2003, an increase of 37% over net sales of $147.9 million for Q3 last year. Comparable store net sales for Q3 increased 25% versus a decrease of 1% report

Bon-Ton November Comps Down 0.7%

The Bon-Ton Stores comparable store sales for the four
weeks ended November 29, 2003 decreased 0.7%. Total sales for November increased 91.1% to $141.2 million, including $67.6 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $73.9 million for

Nordstrom November Comps Jump 7.4%

Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $631.9 million for the four-week period ending November 29, 2003, an increase of 10.2 percent compared to sales of $573.6 million for the four-week period ending November 30, 2002. Same-store
sales increased 7.4 pe

JC Penney DS November Comps Down 0.8%

J. C. Penney comparable department store sales decreased 0.8 % for the four weeks ended November 22, 2003. The November period did not include the strong sales for the Thanksgiving holiday week.Catalog/Internet sales increased 11.7 percent, well above exp

The Bon-Ton Announces CEO Succession Plan

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced Tim Grumbacher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., intends to step down as chief executive officer by mid-2004. This is consistent with the company's on-going succession planning proce

NSGA: Sporting Goods October CPI Turns Positive

The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the Sporting Goods CPI Index at 101.8 for October, up 0.3% versus the October 2002 index. This is the first time the Index has been positive in more than five years, since February 1998, to b

Johnson Outdoors Appoints New Diving Head

Johnson Outdoors has appointed Joseph B. Stella to head its $78 million global diving business. As Group Vice President – Global Diving, Stella will be responsible for development and growth of the Company's well-known Scubapro and Uwatec brands worl