SGB Update

Kitt Joins Team Atomic

­Atomic Ski announced the addition of AJ Kitt to its
talented roster of on-hill ambassadors. Currently Jeep King of the Mountain NASTAR Official Pacesetter, Kitt will ski on Atomic skis, boots, and bindings throughout the upcoming season.

OR Show Seminars Designed to Help Retailers

With the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market quickly approaching (January 30 – February 2), show attendees are starting to fill up their calendars with appointments, meetings, parties, lunches, dinners and let’s not forget seminars. Outdoor Retailer Winter Mar

Gildan Fiscal Q4 Earnings Up 1.0% on 5.7% Sales Decline

Gildan Activewear Inc. reported net earnings of $19.8 million, or C$0.66 per diluted share, in the fourth fiscal quarter ended October 5, 2003, compared with C$19.6 million or C$0.66 per diluted share in Q4 2002. Sales in the quarter were C$150.8 million

Gildan Plans New Offshore Integrated Manufacturing Hub

Gildan Activewear Inc. has announced that it has purchased an 18 million square foot tract of land in the Dominican Republic and that it plans to construct a state-of-the-art knitting, bleaching and cutting facility on this site. The
land purchased by Gil

The Buckle Sees November Comps Increase 5.4%

The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003 increased 10.1% to $38.5 million from sales of $35.0 million in the corresponding four-week period ended November 30, 2002. Comparable store sales increased 5.4% for t

Shoe Carnival November Comps Fall 7.8%; Warns on Q4

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003 increased 2.3% to $43.4 million from sales of $42.4 million for the four-week period ended November 30, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 7.8% for the month. the com

Pacific Sunwear November Comps Jump 11.7%

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of November of fiscal 2003 were $84.3 million, an increase of 22.4% over total sales of $68.9 million for the four weeks of November of fiscal 2002. Company same-store sales

Costco November Comps Jump 14% on Strong International Business

Costco reported net sales of $3.79 billion for the four weeks ended November 30, 2003, an increase of 17 percent
from $3.23 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable Store sales were up company-wide 14% on 29% international

November Comps At Shopko Saved By Pamida

ShopKo Stores reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 decreased 0.5 percent to $286.8 million from $288.4 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales
decreased 0.4 percent…

Federated November Comps Dip 0.1%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.460 bn for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003, a decrease of 0.8% compared to total sales of $1.471 bn in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's November sales we

Dillards November Comps Down 6%

Dillard's, announced that sales for the four weeks ended November 29, 2003 were $574,043,000 compared to sales for the four weeks ended November 30, 2002 of $613,574,000.
Sales decreased 6% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable stor

Famous Footwear November Comps Decline 2.9%

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced that Famous Footwear's sales for the four-week period ended November 29, 2003,
were $74.6 million versus $75.1 million for the same period last year. Same store sales were down 2.9%, as warmer-than-usual weather in

Goody’s November Comps Up 1.3% on 5.5% Sales Increase

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for the fiscal month of November 2003 of $121.7 million,
an increase of 5.5% from total sales of $115.4 million for the fiscal month of November 2002. Comparable store sales
for November 2003 increased 1.3

Gottschalks November Comps Flat with Decreased Sales

Gottschalks November 2003 same store sales were even with November 2002. Total sales for November decreased 2.3% to $67.1 million from $68.7 million in the prior year. For the year-to-date, same store sales decreased 1.7%, while total sales decreased 4.

Stage Stores Thanks Peebles for 34.6% November Sales Increase

Stage Stores total sales for the four-week period
ended November 29, increased 34.6% to $96.1 million from $71.4 million in the prior year. With the acquisition of Peebles Inc. on November 4, 2003, sales for the current year November period include sales