SGB Update

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…

TJX Comps Climb 2.0% in June; Guidance Trimmed

The TJX Companies June 2004 sales were $1.3 billion, up 10% over $1.2 billion achieved during the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. For the year-to-date period sales reached $5.8 billion, a 15% increase over last year's $5.0 billion. Consolidated

Payless June Comps Fall 1.0%

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. same-store sales decreased 1.0 percent during the June reporting period, the five weeks ended July 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $289.2 million, a 0.7 percent decrease from $291.3 million during fiscal June of last year. Same-sto

June Comps Climb 2.3% at Target

Target net retail sales for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004 increased 8.1% to $4.471 billion from $4.135 billion for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 2.3% from fiscal June 2003. Total sales fr

June Comps Fall 4.0% at Ross Stores

Ross Stores reported sales of $381 million for the five weeks ended July 3, 2004, a 4% increase above the $367 million in sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003. Comparable store sales for the month of June declined 4% from the prior year…

May D.S. June Comps Rise 1.9%

The May Department Stores preliminary net sales were $1.16 billion for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004, a 2.5% increase from $1.13 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales increased 1.9%…

Sears June Comps off 3.1%

Sears June Sales fell 4.4% to $2.548 billion compared to $2.664 billion last year. Same store sales for the month of June fell 3.1%…

Kohl’s June Comps Fall 3.7%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the five-week period ended July 3, 2004 increased 9.8% over the five-week period ended July 5, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 3.7%. For the 22 weeks ended July 3, 2004, total sales were up 13.2% over t

Costco June Comps Climb 6.0%

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.64 billion for the five weeks ended July 4, 2004, an increase of 9 percent from $4.28 billion in the same five-week period of the prior fiscal year. June comps increased 6%…