SGB Update Footwear

Stage Stores Reports May Comps Slide 7.2%

Stage Stores, Inc. total sales for the four week May period ended May 30, 2009 decreased 4.7% to $116.8 million from $122.6 million in the prior year four week May period ended May 31, 2008. Comparable store sales decreased 7.2% this year versus an increa

Nordstrom Sees 13.1% Fall in May Comps

Nordstrom, Inc. had preliminary retail sales of $653 million for the four-week period ended May 30, 2009, a decrease of 8.7% compared with retail sales of $716 million for the four-week period ended May 31, 2008. Same-store sales for May decreased 13.1% c

J.C. Penney’s May Comps Decline 8.2%

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reported comparable store sales decreased 8.2% for the four weeks ended May 30, slightly better than the company's guidance for sales to decrease 9% to 12% and compared to a 4.4% decrease last year. Total sales in May decreased 6

Kohl’s Sees May Sales up 4.1%; Comps Down Slightly

Kohl’s Corporation reported total sales for the four-week month ended May 30, 2009 increased 4.1% from the four-week month ended May 31, 2008. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 0.4%…

Bakers Footwear’s Comps Rise in May

Bakers Footwear Group Inc. said its same-store sales rose 3.1% in May. Overall for the four-week period ended May 30 rose slightly to $15.4 million from $15.1 million during the same period a year ago…

Tilly’s Opens 103rd Store

Tilly’s, the surf and skate chain, opened its 103rd location in Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, NJ, and said it will open “numerous stores” in 2009. The openings will include locations in California, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. Tilly’s will host it

Sof Sole Partners with College Basketball Coaches Association

Implus Footcare LLC, the supplier of below the ankle footwear accessories, said its Sof Sole footbed and hosiery brand and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has formed a partnership. As an official partner, Implus will provide Sof Sol

Greenpeace Targets Athletic Shoe Makers

Greenpeace has launched a campaign aimed at several top-name shoe brands – including Adidas, Nike, Reebok and Timberland – claiming demand for leather may be supporting cattle ranches that are illegally de-treeing the Amazon…

RECALL: REI Bicycles

After two reports of bicycle breakdowns causing a fractured clavicle, broken teeth, facial damage and head injuries, Recreational Equipment Inc. and the Consumer Products Safety Commission recalled the 2005 model Novara Trionfo bike today…

LaCrosse Footwear Closes on END Footwear Acquisition

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. has closed its acquisition of
certain assets of performance footwear company Environmentally Neutral Design Outdoor, Inc. (END). Through the Agreement, LFI acquires substantially all the assets comprising END’s footwear business,

Jarden Team Sports Adds Business Director

Jarden Team Sports, maker of Rawlings, Worth, Miken, JT Sports, deBeer and Gait, announced today that Ren Pettinelli will join the deBeer/Gait lacrosse team as the Business Director. Pettinelli will report to David Zumbach, Vice-President, Marketing, Jard

Turfer Athletic Sponsors World TeamTennis (WTT)

World TeamTennis and Turfer Athletic announced a multi- year agreement making Turfer Athletic the official apparel supplier of both the Advanta WTT Professional and Recreational Leagues…

Beretta Names New Rep Group

Beretta USA recently selected Maschmedt & Associates as their new sales representative group covering the Western sales territory…

Dorel Recreational/Leisure Segment Names New Agency

The Recreational/Leisure segment of Dorel Industries, Inc. manufacturers and marketers of the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and Mongoose cycling brands and SUGOI Apparel, has named Cossette New York as its agency of record…