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Shoe Carnival Has 13% Sales Increase Versus Year-Ago

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended January 29, 2005 increased 13.0% to $34.2 million from sales of $30.2 million for the four-week period ended January 31, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 6.8% in January 2005…

Amer Group’s Q4 Net Jumps 91% on 13% Sales Gain in Sports Business

Amer Group’s net sales for the full year 2004 declined 3.2% to €1.06 billion ($1.32 bn) from €1.09 billion ($1.24 bn) in 2003). The divestment of the tobacco business in March reduced net sales by 8%. Net sales of the sports equipment business rose by 5.2

DSW January Comps Jump 13%; Full Year Up 4.8%

Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the four weeks ended January 29, 2005, increased 12.8% to $138.6 million from $122.9 million for the four weeks ended January 31, 2004. The company's same-store sales increased 2.9% for the four week pe

Federated January Comps Decline 0.4%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $809 million for the four weeks ended January 29, 2005, a decrease of 0.5% compared to total sales of $813 million in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's January sale

Neiman Marcus January Comps Increase 12.2%

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. reported that total revenues increased 10.1% to $236 million for the period ended January 29, 2005, compared to $214 million for January last year. Comparable store revenues rose 12.2%…

Foot Locker Q4 Comps Rise 2.5%; Full Year Comps Inch Up 0.9%

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended January 29, 2005 of $1.54 billion, versus $1.33 billion in the comparable period last year, an increase of 15.1%. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales increased 2.5%…

Famous Footwear January Comps Jump 10.8%

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced that retail sales for Famous Footwear were $64.0 million for the four-week January period ended January 29, 2005, compared to $55.5 million for the comparable period ended January 31, 2004. Same-store sales for the perio

Abercrombie Posts 30% Increase In Sales For January…

Abercrombie & Fitch reported net sales of $126.1 million for the four-week period ended January 29, 2005, a 30% increase over last year's January sales of $97.1 million. January comparable store sales increased 17% compared to the four-week period en

Sears Announces Sales up 0.8% to $1.61 Billion for Q4…

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced that comparable domestic store revenues increased 0.8% for the four weeks ended Jan. 29, 2005. Total domestic store revenues were $1.61 billion for the four-week period in January 2005, up 1.7% compared with the four weeks

Saks Sales Increase 2.1%; Comps Up 0.8%

Saks Inc. announced that for the four weeks ended January 29, 2005 compared to the four weeks ended January 31, 2004, total sales increased 2.1% and comparable store sales increased 0.8% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales decreas

Kohl’s January Sales Increase 11.2%; Comps Decrease 1.6%

Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the four-week period ended January 29, 2005 increased 11.2% over the four-week period ended January 31, 2004. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 1.6%. For the 2004 fiscal year, total sales increase

Goody’s Reports 3.3% Sales Increase for Year; Comps Down 0.3%

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales of $61.2 million, an increase of 0.8% over $60.7 million for the year-ago, for the month ended January 29, 2005. For the year, Goody's posted a 3.3% increase in total sales with $1,267 million

West Marine January Comps Decrease 5.3%

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 were $45.7 million, a 14.0% decrease compared to net sales of $53.1 million for the six-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the five weeks ended January

Stage Stores Sees Sales Increase 4.4%; Comps Up 3.7%…

Stage Stores, Inc. reported total sales for the four-week period ended January 29, 2005 increased 4.4% to $63.7 million from $61.0 million in the prior year four-week period ended January 31, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 3.7% versus an increase