SGB Update

Urban Outfitters Q4 Comps Increase 1.3%

Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced total Company sales for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2003 were up 13% to $117.8 million from $103.9 million for the comparable quarter last year. Comparable store sales increased 1.3%. Comparab

ShopKo January Comps Decline 2.6%

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended February 1, 2003 were $193.0 million, 2.8 percent lower than the $198.7 million reported for the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales declined 2.6%…

Costco January Same-Store Sales Rise 5.0%

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $2.97 bn for the four weeks ended February 2, 2003, an increase of 9% from $2.73 bn in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales rose 5.0% for the month…

L.L. Bean to Eliminate 300 Jobs

L.L. Bean announced the second-largest round of layoffs in its 91-year history Tuesday, saying it will slash 300 jobs in the next two months despite turning a higher profit last year…

Gottschalks January Comps Increase 2.0%

Gottschalks Inc. announced January 2003 same store sales increased 2.0% from the prior year. Total sales for the month were $35.5 million, a 0.4% increase from $35.4 million in January 2002…

Goody’s January Same-Store Sales Off 4.8%

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales for fiscal periods ended February 1, 2003 (fiscal 2002) as compared with fiscal periods ended February 2, 2002…

Timberland Sees Reduced 2002 Earnings; Sales Inch Up 0.6%

The Timberland Company reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. Revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $357.0 million, 4.7% higher than the $341.1 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2001. Earnings were $27.1 million for

Shoe Carnival January Comps Drop 10.4%

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended February 1, 2003 decreased 1.0% to $28.4 million from sales of $28.8 million for the four-week period ended February 2, 2002. Comparable store sales decreased 10.4%…

Pacific Sunwear Comp Store Sales Jump 20.4%

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of January of fiscal 2002 were $43.7 million, an increase of 38% over total sales of $31.7 million for the four weeks of January of fiscal 2001. Company same-store sales incr

Galyan’s Q4 Comp Store Sales Slip 1.4%

Galyan's Trading Company, Inc. reported net sales for the fourth quarter ended February 1, 2003 were $212.2 million, representing a 21.4% increase over the same period last year. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter declined 1.4%…

Foot Locker Q4 Comps Dip 0.9%; Year is Flat

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended February 1, 2003 of $1,211 million, versus $1,155 million in the comparable period last year, an increase of 4.9%. Comparable store sales for the Company's 2002 fourth quarter decreased 0.

Famous Footwear January Comps Down 6.1%; BWS Ups 2002 Guidance

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. raised its full-year earnings guidance to $2.48 to $2.50 per share, from its previous guidance of $2.35 to $2.40 per share. The increased full-year guidance results from better-than-anticipated margins in January, higher wholesal

TJX Janaury Same-Store Sales Down 2.0%

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended February 1, 2003 were $676 million, up 7% over $631 million achieved during the four-week period ended February 2, 2002. Consolidated comparable store sales January were down 2% agains

Ross Stores January Comps Decline 2.0%

Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales for the four weeks ended February 1, 2003 of $196 million, up 7.0% from the $183 million reported for the four weeks ended February 2, 2002. Comparable store sales declined 2.0%…

Saks Inc. January Comps Decrease 2.1%

Retailer Saks Incorporated announced that comparable store sales for the four weeks ended February 1, 2003 compared to the four weeks ended February 2, 2002 decreased 2.1% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales were flat for SDSG and