SGB Update

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

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

Famous Footwear October Comp Sales Increase 2.3%

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced that October sales at Famous Footwear rose 5.7% to $74.3 million for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004 compared to $70.2 million for the same period last year. Same-store sales increased 2.3%…

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

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

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