Osprey Brings Kevin Cox On Board
Osprey Packs, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin Cox to the Osprey Sales Team. He will represent Osprey in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. K
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
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Boeri Drops MPH and Establishes US Subsidiary
Boeri SRL of Milan Italy has announced the formation of a new U.S. subsidiary; Boeri USA. Boeri SRL, the dominant market leader in the world-wide wintersport helmet category will set up headquarters in Cambridge, NY to sell its fine line of Italian crafte
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
Wolverine Appoints Zwiers General Counsel
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. announced that James D. Zwiers has been appointed by the Company's Board of Directors as General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. He replaces Blake W. Krueger, who was appointed President of the Company's CAT Footwear
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
Hibbett Rocks with 6.7% Holiday Comp Sales Increase
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. reported that net sales for the nine-week period ended January 3, 2004, increased 19.0% to $69.0 million compared with $58.0 million for the comparable nine-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 6
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
Meyer Joins eBay Sports as Senior Category Manager
Joe Meyer has been named Senior Category Manager of eBay Sports. Joe will be managing the eBay's core sporting goods businesses including Golf, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Billiards, Bowling & Lacrosse. Prior to eBay, Joe worked
Forzani Holiday Comps Up 6.5%; Franchise Comps Jump 18.1%
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported that Holiday Season results for the eight weeks ended December 28th, 2003 showed a 10.9% increase in total retail system sales. Comparable retail system sales were up 6.5%. Comparable corporate stores sales increased 2.0%
Neiman Marcus Reports 14.8% December Comp Increase
The Neiman Marcus Group announced In the five-week December period, comparable revenues were up 14.8% and total revenues rose 15.0%…
Shoe Carnival December Comps Down 3.8%; Warns on Q4
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the five-week period ended January 3, 2004 increased 6.1% to $60.5 million from sales of $57.0 million for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003. Comparable store sales decreased 3.8% for the five-week period.
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…
Big 5 Sporting Goods Q4 Comps Up 3.6%
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 28, 2003 increased 8.5% to $191.8 million from $176.7 million in the same period last year. Same store sales increased 3.6% for the quarter, representing the 32
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
