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Elder-Beerman December Comps Dip 1.4%

Comparable store sales for The Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. decreased 1.6% for the five weeks ending January 4, 2003. Total store sales were $117.3 million for the five weeks, a decrease of 1.4% versus the same period last year…

Dillard’s December Comps Decrease 4%

Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 were $1,305.3 million compared to sales for the five weeks ended January 5, 2002 of $1,368.4 million. Total sales decreased 5% for the five-week period. Sales in comparabl

Stein Mart December Comps Decrease 0.7%

Stein Mart, Inc. announced total sales for the five-week period were $196.9 million, a 3.1% increase from the $190.9 million in sales for the same period in 2001. Comparable store sales for December decreased -0.7% from the previous year…

Huffy Q4 Sales Increase by Almost 45%

Huffy Corporation announced that sales for the fourth quarter of 2002 are expected to be approximately $123.0 million, an increase of close to 45% when compared to sales of $85.1 million reported for the same period last year…

Hibbett Holiday Comp-Store Sales Up 1.5%

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. announced that net sales for the nine-week period ended January 4, 2003, increased 10.9% to $58.0 million compared with $52.3 million for the comparable nine-week period ended January 5, 2002. Comparable store sales increased

The North Face To Open Its First New York City Store

The North Face announced its plans to open a New York City retail store in Spring 2003. The store will be located in the historic Ansonia building at 2101 Broadway Avenue, a landmark building within a highly trafficked retail neighborhood of Manhattan&#0

JC Penney December Comps Increase 4.7%

JC Penney Company, Inc. reported that comparable department store sales increased 4.7% for the five weeks ended December 28, 2002, compared with last year's strong 5.4% gain…

Kohl’s December Same-Store Sales Up 3.3%

Kohl's Corporation reported that sales for the five-week fiscal period ended January 4, 2003, increased 19.4% over the five-week fiscal period ended January 5, 2002 while comparable store sales increased 3.3%…

Target Corp. December Comps Down 0.3%

Target Corporation today reported that its net retail sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 increased 7.6% to $7.035 bn from $6.540 bn for the five-week period ended January 5, 2002. Comparable-store sales decreased 0.3% from fiscal December 2001

The Bon-Ton Dec Comps Increase 1.3%

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total and comparable store sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 increased 1.3% to $135.3 million versus $133.7 million reported in the same period last year…

Federated December Comps Down 2.6%

Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $2.772 bn for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003, representing a 0.8% decline from total sales of $2.794 bn for the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's December sales were d

May Company December Comps Decrease 4.7%

The May Department Stores Company reported preliminary net retail sales of $2.57 billion for the five-week period ended Jan. 4, 2003, a 2.9% decrease from $2.65 billion in the similar period last year. Store-for-store sales decreased 4.7%…

ShopKo December Comps Dip 0.2%

ShopKo Stores, Inc. reported consolidated sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003 were $477.0 million, 0.5% lower than the $479.7 million reported for the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales declined 0.2%…

Value City December Comp Store Sales Dip 1.8%

Value City Department Stores, Inc. announced today total sales for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003, increased 11.8% to $322.4 million from $288.5 million for the five weeks ended January 5, 2002. The company's same store sales decreased 1.8% fo