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Gottschalks Same Store Sales Climb 3.3% in June

Gottschalks same store sales for the month of June 2004 increased 3.3% from the prior year. Total sales for the month increased 1.5% to $60.7 million from $59.9 million in June 2003. On a year-to-date basis, same store sales increased 2.0% from the same

Goody’s June Comps Drop 3.2%

Goody's total sales were $105.3 million for the fiscal month of June 2004, a decrease of 0.4% from total sales of $105.7 million for the fiscal month of June 2003. Comparable store sales for June 2004 decreased 3.2% from June 2003. Total sales for th

The Buckle’s June Comps Jump 10.3%

The Buckle's sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 16.9% to $34.7 million from sales of $29.7 million in the corresponding five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, for the f

Wal-Mart June Comps Climb 2.2%

Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the five-week period ending July 2, 2004, were $26.972 billion, an increase of 9.3% over the $24.669 billion in the same five-week period in the prior year. Sales for the twenty-two week period were $114.455 billion, an incr

Stein Mart June Comps Jump 12.5%

Stein Mart net sales climbed 7.9% to $124.0 million and comparable store sales jumped 12.5% for the fiscal period ended July 3, 2004. Year-to-date net sales climbed 9.0% to $603.4 million while year-to-date comps jumped 11.8%…

June Comps Climb 5.7% at Nordstrom

Nordstrom preliminary sales were $707.4 million for the five-week period ending July 3, 2004, an increase of 8.5%compared to sales of $652.0 million for the five-week period ending July 5, 2003. Same-store sales increased 5.7%…

J.C. Penney June Comps Climb 4.8%

J. C. Penney Company comparable department store sales increased 4.8% for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004. Sales reflect a good customer response to planned Father's Day marketing events. Catalog/Internet sales decreased 3.4%, with Internet increas

Famous Footwear June Comps Down 3.2%; Brown Cuts Q2 Guidance

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported that June retail sales for Famous Footwear were $98.6 million for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004, a 0.4% decrease compared to $99.0 million for the same period last year. Same-store sales for the period decreased

Pacific Sunwear June Comps Climb 7.0%

Pacific Sunwear total sales for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2004 were $105.2 million, an increase of 17.4% over total sales of $89.6 million for the five weeks of June of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales increased 7.0% for the comparable five-we

Shoe Carnival June Comps Down 4.6%

Shoe Carnival sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 2.2% to $48.6 million from sales of $47.5 million for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 4.6% in June 2004…

DSW Sees June Comps Dip 0.8%

Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for June increased 1.5% to $240.6 million from $237.1 million for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003. RVI's same-store sales decreased 4.4% for the five week period. The company's DSW Show Warehouse d

Bon-Ton June Comps Fall 3.8%; Elder Beerman Down 2.4%

The Bon-Ton Stores sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 decreased 3.2% to $61.2 million compared to $63.2 million for the same period last year. The acquired Elder-Beerman stores reported a 1.9% decline to $52.7 million. Bon-Ton comparable store s

Dillards June Comps Fall 1%

Dillard's sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 were $630.3 million compared to sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 of $635.8 million. Total sales decreased 1% for the five-week period. Sales in comparable stores for the five-week perio

June Comps Climb 3.4% at Federated

Federated Department Stores total sales were $1.382 billion for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.4 percent compared to total sales of $1.336 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's Ju

Stage Stores June Comps Drop 2.5%

Stage Stores total sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 38.6% to $100.1 million from $72.2 million in the prior year five-week period ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 2.5% versus a decrease of 2.7% last year…