SGB Update Outdoor
GoLite’s Kim Coupounas Wins OIWC Pioneering Award…
Kim Coupounas, co-founder and CEO of GoLite, was given the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition 2006 Pioneering Woman Award. Coupounas received a check for $1,000 to be donated to the organization of her choice. She selected The Women’s Wilderness Institu
IMBA Works with NPS to Expand MTB Presence…
The International Mountain Bicycling Association and the National Park Service will undertake 12 partnership projects for 2006. These new projects stem from a collaborative agreement between the two organizations signed in May which facilitates on-the-gro
Skechers Will Hit Top End of Guidance; ’05 Sales to Exceed $1 Billion
Skechers USA, Inc. expects fourth-quarter 2005 sales to be at the top end of its $210-$220 million guidance. The Company now expects year-end 2005 revenues to exceed one billion dollars…
Volcom Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
Volcom, Inc. announced that the underwriters of its previously announced common stock offering of 5,000,000 shares, which closed on December 9, 2005, have exercised in part their over-allotment option granted in connection with the offering and have purch
Big 5 Cuts Q4 EPS Guidance on Higher DC Expenses
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported that net sales for its 13-week fourth quarter ended January 1 were $217.1 million, versus net sales of $217.6 million for the 14-week fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. On a comparable 13-week basis for both fiscal 20
Gottschalks December Comps Climb 3.7%
Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of December 2005 increased 3.7% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 5.0% to $131.5 million from $125.2 million in December 2004. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 1.2%
Stage Stores December Comps Jump 7.3%
Stage Stores, Inc. reported that total sales for the month of December increased 9.2%, to $241.9 million versus $221.5 million in last year's five-week period ended January 1, 2005. Comparable store sales increased 7.3% versus an increase of 3.1% las
Costco December Comps Increase 7%
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $6.37 billion for the month of December, an increase of 10% from $5.77 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable sales for the month increased 7%…
Shoe Carnival Sees Double-Digit Comps in December
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported that sales for the month of December, 2005 increased 12.8% to $72.5 million from sales of $64.3 million for the five-week period ended January 1, 2005. Comparable store sales increased 10.6% in December 2005…
Kmart Holiday Comps Increase 1.0%; Sears Declines 11.9%
Sears Holdings Corporation announced domestic comparable store sales for the nine-week period ended December 31, 2005 for its Kmart and Sears stores. Kmart comparable store sales increased by 1.0% as higher apparel sales were partially offset by a decline
Pacific Sunwear Posts 1% December Comps Gain
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for December increased 10.9% to $242.4 million from $218.6 million during the same period last year. Total company same store sales increased 1.0% during the same period. By concept, PacSun sam
J.C. Penney Sees December Comps Increase 3.1%
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. comparable department store sales for the month of December increased 2.2%, while total department store sales increased 3.1%. Comparable sales for the combined November and December holiday period increased 2.7% versus an incre
Bon-Ton December Comps Up 0.8%
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total and comparable store sales for December increased 0.8% to $259.9 million compared to $257.8 million for the same period last year…
Kohl’s Comps Climb 4.6% in December
Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the month of December, 2005 increased 16.2% over the five-week period ended January 1, 2005. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 4.6%…
Saks Comps Increase 2.4% in December
Retailer Saks Incorporated announced that for the month of December, 2005 total Company comparable store sales increased 2.4% and total sales decreased 15.0%. By segment, comparable store sales increased 1.8% for SDSG and increased 3.1% for SFAE for the m
