SGB Update

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. announced in the five-week June period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment increased 6.1 %. Stores in the Northeast and West had the strongest sales results for the month. Comparable revenues at Neiman

Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales of $367 million for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003, an 8% increase above the $340 million in sales for the five weeks ended July 6, 2002. Comparable store sales for the month of June declined 2% versus a 12% gain in th

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. reported today that comparable department store sales increased 0.1% for the five weeks ended June 28, 2003. Sales were soft early in the period, then strengthened during Father's Day and the latter part of the month. Catal

Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the five week fiscal period ended July 5, 2003 increased 10.7% over the five week fiscal period ended July 6, 2002. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 2.4%…

Saks Incorporated announced that comparable store sales decreased 1.8% . By segment, comparable store sales decreased 3.7% for SDSG and increased 1.1% for SFAE for the month…

Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 increased 7.9% to $4.135 billion from $3.833 billion for the five-week period ended July 6, 2002. Comparable-store sales increased 0.8% from fiscal June 2002. Tar

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $655.7 million for the five-week period ending July 5, 2003, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to sales of $616.0 million for the five-week period ending July 6, 2002. Same-store sales increased 1.9%…

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported June 2003 sales results. Sales for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003, were $1,183 million, up 10% over $1,073 million achieved during the five-week period ended July 6, 2002. Consolidated comparable store sales for t

The Sportsman's Guide, Inc. now expects to report total sales of approximately $38.0 million and EPS of $0.10 to $0.11 for second quarter, compared to $34.8 million in sales and earnings of $0.06 per share in the year-ago quarter. The anticipated res

Stein Mart, Inc. announced total sales for the five-week June period were $114.9 million, a 1.4% decrease from the $116.5 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for June decreased 4.9% from 2002 to 2003…

The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net sales of $1.13 billion for the five-week period ended July 5, 2003, a 4.0% decrease from $1.18 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 5.9%…

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.337 bn for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003, a decrease of 2.2% from total sales of $1.367 bn for the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's June sales were down 2.0%…

Comparable store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. increased 1.3% for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 compared to the five weeks ended July 6, 2002. Total store sales decreased by 1.7% to $53.7 million versus the same period last year…

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the five-week period ending July 4, 2003, of $24.635 bn, an increase of 11.1% over the $22.164 bn in the similar period in the prior year. U.S. comp store sales were up 2.7% for the month, with SAM'S Club