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The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced comparable store sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 increased 1.1%. Total sales for the month increased 0.5% to $63.2 million versus $62.9 million reported for the same period last year…

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

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc. reported total sales of $105.7 million for the fiscal month of June 2003 (the five weeks ended July 5, 2003), an increase of 2.9% over total sales of $102.7 million for the fiscal month of June 2002 (the five weeks ended

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%…

Stage Stores Inc. reported that comparable store sales decreased 3.1%. Last year's comparable store sales for the same period increased 8.9%. Total sales increased 0.8% to $72.2 million from $71.6 million in the prior year period…

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

Gottschalks Inc. announced that June 2003 same store sales decreased 1.2% from the prior year. Total sales decreased 4.9% to $59.9 million from $62.9 million in June 2002. During the month the Company operated eight fewer stores than in the same period

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

Oakley, Inc. announced that Orin Smith has resigned as a member of the company's board of directors. Mr. Smith, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks Corporation, cited the change was necessary due to his increased duties and responsibil

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…

Value City Department Stores, Inc. announced total sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003, increased 3.7% to $237.1 million from $228.7 million for the five weeks ended July 6, 2002. The company's same store sales decreased 0.2% for the five wee

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%…

Dillard's, Inc. announced that sales for the five weeks ended July 5, 2003 were $635,748,000 compared to sales for the five weeks ended July 6, 2002 of $685,644,000. Total sales decreased 7%. Sales in comparable stores decreased 6% for the five-week

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%…

Galyan's is now warning of much weaker-than-expected Q2 results, blaming a weak economy, bad weather and poor apparel and shoe sales. The company expects sales in the range of $160 million to $164 million for the quarter and comps to be down in the