SGB Update Outdoor
October Comps Up 8% at Costco
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.79 billion for the four weeks ended October 31, 2004, an increase of 11 percent from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales climbed 8% for the month
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
Bon-Ton Comps Fall 5.2% in October; Beerman up 5.8%
The Bon-Ton Stores total sales for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 increased 39.0% to $96.9 million, including $45.3 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $69.7 million for the same period last year. Last year's total sale
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
Retail Ventures October Comps drop 0.2%
Retail Ventures reported sales for the month of October and revised its earnings estimate for the third quarter and fiscal 2004. For the four-week period of October, sales increased 8.2% to $231.8 million from $214.2 million in October 2003. Comparable st
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
Dillards Comps Fall 5% in October
Dillard's sales for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 were $456,722,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended November 1, 2003 of $481,328,000. Sales declined 5% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…
TJX October Comps Jump 7%
The TJX Companies reported sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004, were $1.3 billion, up 15% over $1.1 billion achieved during the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended O
Shoe Carnival October Comps Inch Up 1.0%
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004, increased 6.3% to $40.0 million from sales of $37.7 million for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 1.0% in October 2004…
October Comps at Target Jump 6.0%
Target Corporation reported net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004 increased 12.6% to $3.311 billion from $2.940 billion for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On this sa
Urban Outfitters Q3 Comps Increase 15%
Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported that total Company sales for the third quarter, as compared to the same period last year, jumped 52% to a record $216.3 million. During the quarter, comparable store sales at Anthropologie grew 22%, Free People jumped 49%,
Patless October Comps Climb 6.1%
Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales increased 6.1 percent during the October reporting period, the four weeks ended October 30, 2004. Company sales totaled $219.1 million, a 5.6 percent increase from $207.5 million during fiscal Octobe
Wal-Mart October Comps Climb 2.4%
Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending October 29, 2004, of $21.042 billion, an increase of 10.4% over the $19.066 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year. Sales for the
thirty-nine week period were $203.045 bil
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
Burch Launches Sports Marketing Firm
Howe Burch, former Senior Vice President of Sports Marketing & Communications at global sportswear brand Fila, has launched a new sports marketing and communications resource called t w e l v e…
