SGB Update

ICON Gets Stay of Injunction in Crossbow Dispute

The Nautilus Group, Inc. announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted ICON Health and Fitness, Inc. a Stay of the Preliminary Injunction originally ordered by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Wash

Court Approves Callaway Top-Flite Bid

Callaway Golf Company has prevailed in the auction to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Top-Flite Golf Company. The acquisition was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, DE on Thursday. The deal is worth $174.4 million in ca

ShopKo August Comps Increase 1.4%

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 increased 1.2% to $256.2 million from $253.3 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales increased 1.4%…

Goody’s Sees Flat August Comps

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales for the fiscal month of August 2003 (the four weeks ended August 30, 2003) of $87.1 million, an increase of 0.6% from total sales of $86.6 million for the fiscal month of August 2002 (the four weeks

Gottschalks August Comps Up 1.0%

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of August 2003 increased by 1.0% from the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased by 1.6% to $47.2 million from $48.0 million in August 2002…

Shoe Carnival Posts 5.0% August Comp Store Gain

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended August 30, 2003 increased 17 percent to $70.1 million from sales of $59.9 million for the four-week period ended August 31, 2002. Comparable store sales increased 5.1% in August 2003…

Stage Stores August Comps Fall 7.3%

Stage Stores Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the four-week period ended Aug. 30, 2003 decreased 7.3% as compared to the prior year four-week period ended Aug. 31, 2002, during which comparable store sales increased 4.5%. Total sales decrease

Bon-Ton August Comps Up 2.4%

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced comparable store sales for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 increased 2.4%. Total sales for the month increased 1.7% to $48.0 million versus $47.2 million reported for the same period last year…

August Comps For The Buckle Slip 0.6%

The Buckle announced that sales for the four-week period ended August 30, 2003 increased 3.0 percent to $48.1 million from sales of $46.7 million in the corresponding four-week period ended August 31, 2002.
Comparable store sales for the four- week period

Wal-Mart August Comp Sales Up 6.9%

Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending August 29, 2003, of $19.533 billion, an increase of 13.7% over the $17.182 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the thirty week period were $140.120 billion, an incr

Pacific Sunwear Continues Double-Digit Comp Gains in August

Pacific Sunwear reported that total sales for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2003 were $136.7 million, an increase of 24.0% over total sales of $110.2 million for the four weeks of August of fiscal 2002. Company same store sales increased 15.6% for th

Elder-Beerman August Comps Fall 9.5%

Comparable store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores decreased 9.5% for the four weeks ended August 30, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended August 31, 2002. Total store sales decreased by 9.9% to $41.4 million versus the same period last year.For the yea

Wet Seal Comps Decline 10.7% in August

The Wet Seal reported net sales for the four-week period, ended August 30, 2003, of $50.4 million. This compares with net sales of $54.0 million for the same period 2002. Comparable store sales for August this year declined 10.7 percent, versus a comparab

Sears August Comps Up 3.9%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced that comparable domestic store revenues increased 3.9% for the four weeks ended Aug. 30, 2003. Total domestic store revenues were $2.1 billion in August 2003, up 4.1% compared with the four weeks ended Aug. 31, 2002. Year

August Comps at Nordstrom Are Up 3.2%

Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $402.6 million for the four-week period ending August 30, 2003, an increase of 11.3% compared to sales of $361.7 million for the four-week period ending August 31, 2002. Same-store sales increased 3.2%. Year-to-dat