SGB Update

The North Face To Open Its First New York City Store

January 9, 2003

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

Urban Outfitters Sees December Comps Off 1%

January 9, 2003

Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced comparable store sales were up 1.5% for the two-month Christmas selling season. Urban Retail was up 4% and Anthropologie Retail was down 2%. Comparable store sales for the calendar month of December decreased by 1%, with U

JC Penney December Comps Increase 4.7%

January 9, 2003

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…

Pac Sun December Comps Jump 16.1%

January 9, 2003

Pacific Sunwear reported that total sales for the five weeks of December of fiscal 2002 were $152.9 million, an increase of 28.7%. Company same-store sales increased 16.1% for the comparable five-week period ended Jan. 4, 2003, with PacSun same-store sal

Kohl’s December Same-Store Sales Up 3.3%

January 9, 2003

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%…

Brown Shoe Adds Three Senior Vice Presidents

January 9, 2003

Shoe Company, Inc. announced the promotion of Scott Cooper to SVP-Marketing for the corporation and the additions of Timothy R. Heard as SVP-Brown Shoe International and Paul M. Malutinok as SVP-Strategic Planning…

Target Corp. December Comps Down 0.3%

January 9, 2003

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

TJX December Same-Store Sales Up 1%

January 9, 2003

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported December 2002 sales rose 10% to $1.602 bn. Consolidated comparable store sales for the five-week period ended January 4, 2003 were up 1% over last year's 10% increase…

The Bon-Ton Dec Comps Increase 1.3%

January 9, 2003

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…

Famous Footwear Dec Comps Off 0.9%

January 9, 2003

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 2.5% to $109.5 million compared to $106.8 million for the same period last year. Same-store sales declined slightly by 0.9%.

Federated December Comps Down 2.6%

January 9, 2003

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

Ross Stores Dec Comps Increase 6%

January 9, 2003

Ross Stores, Inc. reported sales of $452 million for the five weeks ended January 4, 2003, an 18% increase above the $384 million in sales for the five weeks ended January 5, 2002. Comparable store sales for the same period increased 6% on top of a 9% inc