SGB Update

September Comps Up 13% At Gap

Gap reported net sales of $1.5 billion for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003, which represents a 14 % increase compared with net sales of $1.3 billion for the same period ended October 5, 2002. The company's comparable store sales for Septem

Kohl’s September Comps Up 5.5%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the five week fiscal period ended October 4, 2003 increased 18.0% over the five week fiscal period ended October 5, 2002. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 5.5%…

September Comps At Ross Up 5%

Ross Stores reported sales of $363 million for the five week period ended October 4, 2003, a 16% increase above the $314 million in sales for the five weeks ended October 5, 2002. Comparable store sales for the same period rose 5% on top of a 7% gain in t

TJX Comps Up 8%

TJX sales for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003, were $1,313 million, up 16% over $1,131 million during the five-week period ended October 5, 2002. For the 35 weeks ended October 4, 2003, sales were $8,206 million, a 9% increase over last year&#0

September Comps Up 3% At Dillard’s

Dillard's sales for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003 were $707,723,000 compared to sales for the five weeks ended October 5, 2002 of $686,970,000. Sales increased 3% for the five-week period on both a total and comparable store basis…

Skechers Signs Kid’s Canada Licensee

Skechers USA, Inc. has named Multigroup Corporation as the licensee for Skechers-branded infant, toddler and children's apparel in Canada. Under the agreement, Multigroup will design, distribute and market children's sportswear and activewear i

Abercrombie and Fitch September Comps Down 1%

Abercrombie & Fitch reported net sales of $149.6 million for the five-week period ended October 4, 2003, a 16% increase over last year's September sales of $129.3 million. September comparable store sales decreased 1% compared with the five-week peri

Wal-Mart Comps Up 6%

Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the five-week period ending October 3, 2003, of $23.390 billion, an increase of 13.0 percent over the $20.703 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the thirty-five week period were $163.510 billion, an in

May Co. Reports Flat September Comps

The May Department Stores reported preliminary net sales of $1.14 billion for the five week period ended Oct. 4, 2003, a 1.5% increase from $1.12 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 0.3%. September store-for-store sale

Sears September Same-Store Sales Rise 3.2%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced that comparable domestic store revenues increased 3.2% for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2003. Total domestic store revenues were $2.5 billion for the five week period in September 2003, up 3.5% compared with the five week

Neiman Marcus September Specailty Comps Jump 14.7%

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announced that comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 14.7% in the five-week September period…

Gottschalks September Comps Down 1.6%

Gottschalks Inc. same store sales for the month of September 2003 decreased 1.6% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 4.3% to $53.8 million from $56.2 million in September 2002. During the month the Company operated seven fewer stores

Saks, Inc. Sees September Comps Rise 4.0%

Saks Incorporated announced that for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003 compared to the five weeks ended October 5, 2002 total sales increased 5.4% and comparable store sales increased 4.0% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales in

Payless September Same-Store Sales Decline 1.1%

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. reported that same-store sales decreased 1.1% during the September reporting period, the five weeks ended Saturday, October 4, 2003. Company sales totaled $269.5 million, a 0.3% decrease from $270.4 million during fiscal Septembe

Elder-Beerman September Comps Up 2.9%

Comparable store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores increased 2.9 percent for the five weeks ended October 4, 2003, compared to the five weeks ended October 5, 2002. Total store sales increased by 2.5 percent to $59.7 million versus the same period last y