SGB Update Outdoor
Foot Locker Q3 Same-Store Sales Inch Up 1.2%
Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended October 30, 2004 of $1,365 million, versus $1,194 million in the comparable period last year, an increase of 14.3%. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales increased 1.2%. Exclu
October Comps Up 4% at Ross Stores
Ross Stores reported sales of $342 million for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, a 14% increase over the $299 million in sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003. Comparable store sales during October rose 4% over the prior year…
Federated Comps Up 4% in October
Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $1.098 billion for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.8 percent compared to total sales of $1.057 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federate
Saks Comps Climb 4.4% in October
Saks Incorporated announced that for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 compared to the four weeks ended November 1, 2003, total sales increased 5.5% and comparable store
sales increased 4.4% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales
Kohl’s October Comps Climb 6%
Kohl's Corporation sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004 increased 16.4% over the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 6.0%…
October Comps Inch-up 1.9% at Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues increased 1.9 percent for the four weeks ended Oct. 30, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.90 billion for the four-week period in October 2004, up 0.1 percent compared with the four weeks
Neiman Marcus Comps Increase 13.5%
The Neiman Marcus Group In the four-week October period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment increased 13.5%…
The Sports Authority Taps Kohl’s Exec as Head Merchant
The Sports Authority, Inc. announced that David Campisi will join the company in the position of President of Merchandising reporting to Doug Morton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Sports Authority. Mr. Campisi joins TSA from Kohl's Cor
Aldila Gets Tax Benefit to Boost Q3 Earnings
Aldila, Inc. reported GAAP net sales increased 35% to $10.8 million in the third quarter from GAAP net sales of $8.0 million in the comparable period of 2003. Net income of $3.3 million, or 62 cents per diluted per share, for the third quarter, an increa
Fleet Feet Posts 14.3% Q3 Comp Store Sales Gain
Fleet Feet, Inc. announced 20.9% revenue growth during the third quarter of 2004 as compared to the same period in 2003, and posted 14.3% growth in revenue for comparative store sales. Year-to-date overall sales increased 19.9%, with year-to-date compara
Bill King Joins Lowa’s Sales Team
Bill King is the newest member of LOWA’s sales team since joining the Pennsylvania-based Chinook LLC sales group, headed by Ben Tindall. In his new position, Bill will handle sales and marketing efforts for LOWA in upstate New York and assist Ben’s team b
Mountainsmith Inks Deal with Tri-marketing Group
Texas-based Tri-Marketing Group has joined Mountainsmith as the new sales and marketing organization for Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Tri-Marketing Group partners, Tim Goodwin and Greg Allen, are supported by a competent and professio
Amer Charges Impact Net Income Line…
Amer Group reported that third quarter net sales declined 6.4% to €278.7 million ($340.8 mm) from €297.9 million ($335.6 mm) in the year-ago quarter. Net sales declined due to the withdrawal from the tobacco business in March. Foreign exchange rate mo
Cabela’s Hurt by Gift Card Delay; Still Posts 61% Jump in Q3 Net Income…
Cabela's Inc. saw comp stores sales decline 3.0% in the third quarter versus a comp store sales gain of 4.2% in the year-ago period, due in large part to a delay in the printing and mailing of a promotional gift card. Management estimated that comps
Phoenix Misses Guidance on Military Sales and Flat Organic Growth…
Led by the acquisitions of Altama Footwear, Phoenix footwear boosted its top-line by 110.9% to reach sales of $23.2 million in the second quarter of 2004. Sales at the Trotters, SoftWalk, H.S. Trask, and Royal Robbins brands generated flat organic growth
