SGB Update

Sears December Comps Down 0.8%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues decreased 0.8% for the five weeks ended Jan. 3, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $3.9 billion for the five-week period in December 2003, down 0.6% compared with the five weeks ended Jan. 4

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%…

December Comps Rise 4% on 14% Sales Increase at Ross Stores

Ross Stores sales grew 14% to $513 million for the five
weeks ended January 3, 2004. These results were on top of an 18% increase for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003, when sales totaled $452 million. December comparable store sales grew 4% in 2003 o

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

Saks December Comps Grow 5.1%

Retailer Saks announced that for the five weeks ended January 3, 2004 compared to the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 total sales increased 6.3% and comparable store sales increased 5.1% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales increa

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

December Comps at May Dept. Stores Grow 1.1%

The May Department Stores reported preliminary net sales of $2.52 billion for the five-week period ended Jan. 3, 2004, a 2.3% increase from $2.46 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales increased 1.1%. December store-for-store sal

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

Triple Peaks to Acquire Crested Butte

Tim and Diane Mueller, Owners of Triple Peaks, LLC have announced today that they have entered into a Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement to buy Crested Butte Ski Resort from the Callaway and Walton families, owners of Crested Butte Mountain Ski Resort

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

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
five week period…

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