SGB Update

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported that March retail sales for Famous Footwear were $112.8 million for the five-week period ended April 3, 2004, a 10.6% increase compared to $102.0 million for the same period last year (ended April 5, 2003). Same-store sal

Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the five-week period ended April 3, 2004 increased 9.2% over the five-week period ended April 5, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 0.9%…

Reebok International plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Montreal-based The Hockey Company Holdings for Canadian $21.25 per share in cash. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. The equity value

Retailer Saks Incorporated announced that for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004 total sales increased 11.0% and comparable store sales increased 9.5% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales increased 1.9% for SDSG and increased 20.6%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced comparable domestic store revenues increased 0.1 percent for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $2.37 billion for the five-week period in March 2004, down 1.3 percent compared with the f

Ross Stores reported sales of $404 million for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004, a 16% increase above the $347 million in sales for the five weeks ended April 5, 2003. Comparable store sales for the month rose 7% over the prior year.For the nine weeks e

Target Corporation net retail sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004 increased 13.2 percent to $4.402 billion from $3.889 billion for the five-week period ended April 5, 2003. Comparable-store sales increased 7.3 percent from fiscal March 2003…

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 4.6% percent during the March reporting period, the five weeks ended April 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $284.6 million, a 5.0 percent increase from $270.9 million during fiscal March of last year…

The Neiman Marcus Group announced the five-week March period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 27.0 percent. The Company experienced
strong sales trends in all

Retail Ventures, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004, increased 9.6% to $260.5 million from $237.7 million for the five weeks ended April 5, 2003. The company's same store sales increased 4.1% for the five week period.To

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the five-week period ending April 2, 2004, of $25.131 billion, an increase of 14.0 percent over the $22.049 billion in
the same five-week period in the prior year. Sales for the nine-week period were $45.293 b

Stein Mart, Inc. announced net sales and comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended April 3, 2004. Comparable store sales performances were strong across all apparel
divisions during March, and sales trends were double-digit positive in every
regi

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $620.8 million for the five-week period ending April 3, 2004, an increase of 19.8 percent compared to sales of $518.2 million for the five-week period ending April 5, 2003. Same-store sales increased 15.9 perc

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for the fiscal month of March 2004 of $125.7 million, an increase of 3.4% from total sales of $121.6 million for the fiscal month of March 2003 (the five weeks ended April 5, 2003). Comparable store sales