SGB Update Outdoor
Billabong to Sponsor Pipeline Masters
Billabong has signed on as lead partner and title sponsor of the Pipeline Masters, the legendary 37-year-old event regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious surfing contest…
The Buckle Sees 3.6% increse in December Comps
The Buckle, Inc.'s net sales for the five-week month of December increased 7.2% to $88.8 million from net sales of $82.8 million in the corresponding five-week period ended December 31, 2005. Comparable store net sales increased 3.6% from comparable
West Marine Q4 Comps Slip 0.2%
West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 30, 2006 were $122.3 million, a decrease of 2.0% from net sales of $124.8 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 decreas
PacSun December Comps Slip 3.2%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for the five weeks of fiscal December were $250.5 million, an increase of 3.3% over total sales of $242.4 million during the same period last year. Total Company same-store sales decreased 3.2%
Osprey Packs Adds to Production and Inventory Teams
Osprey Packs, Inc. added Chris Graham to the company as Vietnam Director of Production and John Grandt as Sales and Inventory Associate. Chris comes to Osprey from the Lowe Alpine UK division where he served as
Product Manager for four years, while John b
Stage Stores December Comps Increase 2.2%
Stage Stores, Inc. saw sales for the month of December increase 11.8% to $270.5 million from $241.9 million in the same month last year. Comparable store sales increased 2.2% on top of an increase of 7.3% last year…
Nordstron Sees December Comps Increase 9%
Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $1.27 billion for the five-week period ending December 30, 2006, an increase of 9.8% compared to sales of $1.16 billion for the five-week period ending December 31, 2005. Same store sales increased 9.0%…
Costco December Comp Sales Improve 9%
Costco Wholesale Corporation saw December sales reach $7.24 billion for the month of December, an increase of 14% from $6.37 billion in the same month last year. Comparable store sales increased 9% in the month…
Wal-Mart December comps Inch-up 1.3%
Wal-Mart reported net sales for the five-week month of December were $28.795 billion compared to $27.920 billion last year, a 3.1% increase. Comparable store sales for the month increased 1.3%…
BJ’s Wholesale Club December Comps Increase 0.6%
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. sales for December 2006 increased by 5.0% to $1.014 billion from $965.6 million in December 2005. On a comparable club basis, sales increased by 0.6% for the month of December, including a contribution from sales of gasoline
Urban Outfitters Fights Off Holiday Comps Slip
Urban Outfitters, Inc. saw total sales for the two month 'holiday' period ended December 31, 2006 jump 13% over the same period last year to $278 million. The growth was primarily driven by a 21% increase in the total number of stores in operati
Dillard’s December Sales and Comps Decline
Dillard's, Inc. sales for the five weeks of December were $1.226 billion compared to sales for December 2005 of $1.270 billion. Total sales declined 3% for the five-week period. Sales in comparable stores declined 5% for the five-week period…
Target December Comps Increase 4.1%
Target Corporation's net retail sales for the five weeks ended December 30, 2006 increased 9.9 percent to $9.254 billion from $8.420 billion for the five-week period ended December 31, 2005. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 4.1 pe
Garmin Acquires French Distributor
Garmin Ltd. has acquired EME Tec Sat SAS, the exclusive distributor of Garmin's consumer products in France. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Garmin Ltd. earnings in 2007. Following the acquisition, EME will change its name to Garmin Fr
NGF: November Rounds Played Increase 1.1%
According to the National Golf Foundation, rounds played in the month of November increased 1.1% on a same-store basis over the same month one year ago. The increase did not materially affect the year-to-date figure which remained at +0.3%. In the Central
