Holiday Retail Sales Strength May Come Down to Battle of Wills…
The prognosticators were out in force over the last few weeks, making their predictions for the upcoming Holiday selling season. While most reports mention the obvious influence of higher gas prices, rising interest rates, and the Iraq war, none acknowle
Forzani BTS Comps Disappoint; Guides Q3 Down
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported that total system retail sales for the eight-week period “Back to School” period ending September 27, 2004 decreased 1.8 % over the prior year. Total comparable stores sales were $152.6 million, down 3.6% from the same peri
Shoe Carnival Hires New VP Marketing
Shoe Carnival, Inc. has hired Ms. Myrna Reiss in the position of Vice President of Marketing. Myrna Reiss previously served for seven years as Vice President – Advertising and Marketing with Value City Department Stores, where she directed all marketing,
D’Aloia Resigns CEO Post at Huffy Corp.; Muscovich Assumes Top Job
Huffy Corporation announced in an SEC filing that Paul D'Aloia had resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President of the company, effective October 7, 2004. John A. Muskovich has been appointed president and CEO by the Company's Board of Dir
Pacific Sunwear September Comps Increase 9.8%
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for September 2004 were $98.9 million, an increase of 20.8% over total sales of $81.9 million for the year-ago month. September company same-store sales increased 9.8% on top of a 18.5% same-sto
Payless September Comps Decrease 5.6%
Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales decreased 6.5% during the September reporting period, the five weeks ended October 2, 2004. September same-store sales decreased 5.6% excluding the approximately 440
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Nordstrom September Same-Store Sales Up 6.2%
Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $598.4 million for the five-week period ending October 2, 2004, an increase of 7.1% compared to sales of $558.9 million for the five-week period ending October 4, 2003. Same-store sales increased 6.2%…
Ross Stores Comps Decline 5.0% in September
Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales of $374 million for the five week period ended October 2, 2004, a 3% increase above the $363 million in sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003. Comparable store sales for the same period declined 5% from the prior
Stein Mart September Comps Rise 5.2%
Stein Mart, Inc. reported total sales sales for September increased 3.4% to $128.7 million from $124.4 million. Comparable store sales increased 5.2% for the period…
Target Corp. Beats Septembr Plan; Comps Up 5.6%
Target Corp. reported that its net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004 increased 12.5% to $3.866 billion from $3.437 billion for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003. On this s
Dillard’s Cites Hurricane Impact for September Comp Decline
Dillard's, Inc. reported that sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004 were $688,838,000 compared to sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003 of $707,723,000. Sales declined 3% for the five-week period on both a total and comparable store
Callaway Appoints Pan-West to Broader Asia Deal
Callaway Golf Company has appointed Pan-West (Private) Limited as the distributor for Callaway Golf's Top Flite® and Ben Hogan® products in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand effective October 15th, 2004. The appointment covers all of Ca
The Bon-Ton Sees 0.1% Decline in September Comps
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004 increased 82.9% to $114.8 million, including $52.0 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $62.8 million for the same period last year. Bon-Ton com
DSW Comps Fall 5.0% in September; RVI Comps Down 7.3%
Retail Ventures, Inc. total sales for the five weeks ended October 2, 2004, decreased 1.1% to $258.5 million from $261.4 million for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003. The company's same store sales decreased 7.3% for the five week period. DSW Sh
Wal-Mart September Comps Increase 2.4%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the five-week period ending October 1, 2004, of $25.739 billion, an increase of 10.8% over the $23.239 billion in the same five-week period in the prior year. Same-store sales improved 2.4%, led by a 4.5% incr
