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EMS Management Team Comments on Buyout

Shortly after EMS announced their Management buyout, The B.O.S.S. Report sat down with the company’s CEO and President Will Manzer, VP-GMM Pete Gilmore and CMO Scott Barrett…

EMS Management Team Comments on Buyout

Shortly after EMS announced their Management buyout, Sports Executive Weekly's sister publication, The B.O.S.S. Report, sat down with the company’s CEO and President Will Manzer, VP-GMM Pete Gilmore and CMO Scott Barrett.

Ron Arp Joins Nautilus as SVP of Corp. Communications

Ron Arp, joined Nautilus Group as SVP, Corporate Communications. Arp served as SVP and GM of the Portland, Ore., office of Fleishman-Hillard, where he counseled clients ranging from upstarts to Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing and technology. He was

Schoeller Wins Guide’s Choice Award

Following an in-depth field testing program, Schoeller Switzerland is the recipient of the 2004 “American Alpine Institute Guides’ Choice Award” for schoeller-dryskin-extreme fabric used in Mammut’s mountaineering Champ Pants and New Age Jacket, also feat

Gottschalks August Comps Up 0.5%

Gottschalks same store sales for the month of August 2004
increased 0.5% from the prior year. Total sales for the month were essentially even with last year, increasing to $47.3 million from $47.2 million in August 2003. On a year-to-date basis, same st

August Comps Up 3.5% at Goody’s

Goody's total sales were $94.1 million for the fiscal month of August 2004 , an increase of 8.0% from total sales of $87.1 million for the fiscal month of August 2003. Comparable store sales for August 2004 increased 3.5% compared with August 2003…

TIA Cancels Planned Super Show Tennis EXPO

The Tennis Industry Association announced on Thursday that, due to lack of support from key manufacturers in the industry, the TIA EXPO scheduled to take place as part of the Super Show in January has been cancelled. TIA president Jim Baugh said there ha

The Buckle August Comps Climb 6.7%

The Buckle's sales for the four-week period ended August 28, 2004 increased 13.3% to $54.5 million from sales of $48.1 million in the corresponding four-week period ended August 30, 2003. Comparable store sales for the four-week period increased 6.7%

Shoe Carnival August Comps Increase 1.5%

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported that sales for the four-week period ended August 28, 2004 increased 8.8% to $76.2 million from sales of $70.1 million for the four-week period ended August 30, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 1.5% in August 2004 on top

ShopKo August Comps Decline 0.2%

ShopKo Stores Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended August 28, 2004 decreased 0.5% to $254.8 million from $256.2 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales decreased 0.2%.

Stage Stores Comps Rise 8.1% in August

Stage Stores' total sales for the four-week period
ended Aug. 28, 2004 increased 47.8% to $105.7 million from $71.5 million in the prior year four-week period ended Aug. 30, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 8.1% versus a decrease of 5.7% last y

Costco Gets International Lift as August Comps Rise 4%

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.65 billion for the four weeks ended August 29, 2004, an increase of 7% from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Consolidated same-store sales increased 4%, with U.S. c

Wal-Mart August Comps Inch-up 0.5%

Wal-Mart Stores' net sales for the four-week period ending August 27, 2004, of $21.199 billion, an increase of 8.8 percent over the $19.490 billion in the same four-week period in the prior year. Sales for the thirty-week
period were $156.264 billio

Pacific Sunwear August Comps Up 3.7%

Pacific Sunwear of California total sales for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2004 were $155.2 million, an increase of 13.5% over total sales of $136.7 million for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales increased 3.7% for the

Nordstrom August Comps Climb 7.2%

Nordstrom preliminary sales were $431.7 million for the four-week periodending August 28, 2004, an increase of 8.2% compared to sales of $399.1 million for the four-week period ending August 30, 2003. Same-store sales increased 7.2%…