SGB Update Outdoor

Shoe Carnival December Comps Down 3.8%; Warns on Q4

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004 increased 6.1% to $60.5 million from sales of $57.0 million for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 3.8% for the five-week period.

Big 5 Sporting Goods Q4 Comps Up 3.6%

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 28, 2003 increased 8.5% to $191.8 million from $176.7 million in the same period last year. Same store sales increased 3.6% for the quarter, representing the 32

Pacific Sunwear December Comps Jump Another 12%

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for December 2003 were $187.5 million, an increase of 22.6% over total sales of $152.9 million for the year-ago month. Company same store sales increased 12.0% for the comparable five-week peri

Urban Outfitters December Comps Jump 20%

Urban Outfitters announced record sales for the two-month period beginning November 1 and ending December 31, 2003. Total comparable store sales increased by 20%. Comparable sales at our Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie stores were up 19% and 21%, respe

Goody’s December Comps Up 0.5%

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for fiscal periods ended January 3, 2004, compared with fiscal periods ended January 4, 2003. Total sales rose 1.4% while Comparable store sales are up 0.5%…

Gottschalks December Comps Inch Up 0.6%

Gottschalks announced that its December 2003 same store sales increased 0.6% from December 2002. Total sales for December decreased 2.3% to $125.8 million from $128.7 million in the prior year. For the year-to-date,
same store sales decreased 1.2%, whil

Wal-Mart December Comps Rise 4.3%

Wal-Mart reported net sales for the five-week period ending January 2, 2004, of $33.657 billion, an increase of 11.3 % over the $30.251 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the forty-eight week
period were $237.626 billion, an incre

Retail Ventures Posts 3.0% December Comp Gain

Retail Ventures total sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004, increased 6.6% to $343.6 million from $322.4 million for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003. The company's same store sales increased 3.0% for the
five week period…

Famous Footwear Dec Comps Dip 0.2%; Brown Reiterates Guidance

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 2.2% for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004 to $111.9 million compared to $109.5 million for the same period last year (ended January 4, 2003). Same-store sales declined

December Comps at Target Rise 4.1%

Target Corporation net retail sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 increased 9.9 percent to $7.737 billion from $7.038 billion for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable-store sales increased 4.1 percent from fiscal December 200

Saks December Comps Grow 5.1%

Retailer Saks announced that for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 compared to the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 total sales increased 6.3% and comparable store sales increased 5.1% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales increa

Triple Peaks to Acquire Crested Butte

Tim and Diane Mueller, Owners of Triple Peaks, LLC have announced today that they have entered into a Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement to buy Crested Butte Ski Resort from the Callaway and Walton families, owners of Crested Butte Mountain Ski Resort

Hibbett Rocks with 6.7% Holiday Comp Sales Increase

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. reported that net sales for the nine-week period ended January 3, 2004, increased 19.0% to $69.0 million compared with $58.0 million for the comparable nine-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 6

Meyer Joins eBay Sports as Senior Category Manager

Joe Meyer has been named Senior Category Manager of eBay Sports. Joe will be managing the eBay's core sporting goods businesses including Golf, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Billiards, Bowling & Lacrosse. Prior to eBay, Joe worked