SGB Update

Goody’s December Comps Up 0.5%

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for fiscal periods ended January 3, 2004, compared with fiscal periods ended January 4, 2003. Total sales rose 1.4% while Comparable store sales are up 0.5%…

Gottschalks December Comps Inch Up 0.6%

Gottschalks announced that its December 2003 same store sales increased 0.6% from December 2002. Total sales for December decreased 2.3% to $125.8 million from $128.7 million in the prior year. For the year-to-date,
same store sales decreased 1.2%, whil

Wal-Mart December Comps Rise 4.3%

Wal-Mart reported net sales for the five-week period ending January 2, 2004, of $33.657 billion, an increase of 11.3 % over the $30.251 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the forty-eight week
period were $237.626 billion, an incre

Nordstrom December Comps Are Up 9.1%

Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $941.8 million for the five-week period ending January 3, 2004, an increase of 12.2 percent compared to sales of $839.2 million for the five-week period ending January 4, 2003. Same-store
sales increased 9.1 percen

December Comps Rise 4.3% at JC Penney

J. C. Penney reported comparable department store sales
increased 4.3 % for the five weeks ended December 27, 2003. This represents the third consecutive year in which December sales have increased by more than four percent. Sales were particularly strong

Retail Ventures Posts 3.0% December Comp Gain

Retail Ventures total sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004, increased 6.6% to $343.6 million from $322.4 million for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003. The company's same store sales increased 3.0% for the
five week period…

Famous Footwear Dec Comps Dip 0.2%; Brown Reiterates Guidance

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 2.2% for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004 to $111.9 million compared to $109.5 million for the same period last year (ended January 4, 2003). Same-store sales declined

Dillard’s December Comps Fall 4%

Dillard's sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 were $1,246,154,000 compared to sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 of $1,305,292,000. Total sales decreased 5% for the five-week period. Sales in comparable stores decreased 4% for

December Comps at Bon-Ton Drop 1.9%

Bon-Ton comparable store sales decreased 1.9% for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004. Total sales for December increased 87.1% to $253.2 million, including $120.3 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $135.3 million for the same pe

Payless December Comps Up 1.8%

Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 1.8 % during the December reporting period, the five weeks ended Saturday, January 3, 2004. Company sales totaled $301.8 million, a 3.3 % increase from $292.0 million during fiscal December of last year…

December Comps at Target Rise 4.1%

Target Corporation net retail sales for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 increased 9.9 percent to $7.737 billion from $7.038 billion for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable-store sales increased 4.1 percent from fiscal December 200

Kohls December Comps Drop 1.2%

Kohl's sales for the five week period ended January 3, 2004 increased 12.8% over the five week period ended January 4, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 1.2%…

Federated December Comps Were Up 1.2%

Federated reported total sales of $2.782 billion for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004, an increase in total
sales of 0.4 % compared to total sales of $2.771 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's December sales w

December Comps at TJX Rise 4%

The TJX Companies reported December 2003 sales results. Sales were $1,806 million, up 13% over $1,602 million achieved during the five-week period ended January 4, 2003. For the 48 weeks ended January 3, 2004, sales reached
$12,384 million, an increase of