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2/1/04
September Retailers' Sales
Review
United Retail Group Inc said net sales increased 2% to $36.9 million
from $36.0 million last year, while same-store sales increased 4%.
Aeropostale Inc said net sales increased 15.1% to $104.3 million compared to $90.6 million a year ago. Same-store sales decreased
4.2% compared to an increase of 1.9% in 2004.
Zumiez Inc said net sales increased 26.8% to $19.5 million from to $15.4
million last year, while same-store sales increased 10.1% compared to an increase of 17.3% last year.
American Eagle Outfitters Inc said net sales increased 20.9% to $183.8
million compared to $152.0 million in 2004. Same-store sales increased 13.0%.
Citi Trends Inc said net sales increased 43.1% to $22.4 million from
$15.7 million last year, while same-store sales increased 19.5% compared with a
1.7% increase a year ago.
Cache Inc said net sales increased 9.7% to $24.8 million, while same-store
sales increased 6%.
The Dress Barn Inc said net sales increased 50% to $120.3 million compared to $80.4 while same-store sales increased 6%.
Shoe Carnival Inc has reported a 10.4% net sales increase to $51.1 million
from sales of $46.3 million a year ago. Same-store sales increased 6.5%.
Wilsons The Leather Experts Inc said net sales decreased 9.4% to $27.3
million compared to $30.2 million last year, while same-store sales decreased 6.6% compared to a 3.7% increase last year.
New York & Company Inc said net sales increased 7.5% to $104.9 million
compared to $97.6 million a year ago, while same-store sales decreased 0.4% compared to an increase of 4.6% last year.
The Shoe Pavilion said net sales increased 20.1% to $24.8 million from
$20.7 million a year ago, while same-store sales increased 7.8%.
bebe stores Inc said net sales increased to $48.6 million from $40.0
in 2004, while same-store sales increased 12.3% compared to an increase of 17.6% in 2004.
Limited Brands said net sales increased 1% to $687.3 million compared to
net sales of $679.3 million last year. Same-store sales decreased 2%.
The Buckle Inc said net sales increased 3.0 percent to $44.7 million
from sales of $43.4 million last year, while same-store sales decreased 1.4%.
Bluefly Inc said net sales increased 61% to about $ 4.8 million from
$ 3.0 million last year.
The TJX Companies Inc said net sales increased 6% to $1.5 billion from
$1.4 billion in 2004, while same-store sales were flat from last year’s.
Ross Stores Inc said net sales increased 19% to $446 million from $374
million a year ago. Same-store sales increased 9% compared to last year.
Payless ShoeSource Inc said net sales decreased 2.2% to $235.7 million.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co said net sales increased 31% to $228.3 million
from $174.7 million last year, while same-store sales increased 15%, same-store sales at Abercrombie increased 58% and
Hollister same-store sales increased 19%.
Charming Shoppes said net sales increased 21% to $250.7 million from
$206.8 million last year, while same-store sales increased 3%.
Guess? Inc said net sales increased 25.3% to $57.6 million from sales of
$45.9 million last year, while same-store sales increased 14.2%.
Nordstrom Inc said preliminary net sales increased 6.4% to $636.7 million from $598.4 million in 2004, while same-store sales
increased 4.1%.
Kohl's Corporation said net sales increased 9.8%, while same-store sales decreased 0.2%.
Saks Incorporated said net sales decreased 10%, while same-store sales
increased 3.2%.
The Neiman Marcus Group Inc said net sales increased 9.2% to $397 million from $363m in 2004. Same-store sales increased 9.6% to $390
million from $356 million a year ago.
Federated Department Stores Inc said net sales increased 89.6% to $2.580 billion from $1.361 billion, while same-store sales increased
1.3%.
Bon-Ton Stores Inc said both net and same-store sales decreased 7.8%
to $105.8 million compared to $114.8 million last year.
The Talbots Inc said net sales increased 1% to $185.9 million from $184.9
million a year ago. Same-store sales decreased 5.1%.
The Wet Seal Inc said net sales increased 15.8% to $47.9 million from $41.4
million last year, while same-store sales increased 4.9% compared with a decrease of 8.0% in 2004.
Stage Stores Inc said net sales increased 0.7% to $98.5 million from
$97.8 million in 2004. Same-store sales decreased 2.6% compared to an increase of
2.5% last year.
Halloween Pets
Corsets 4 Cancer Calendar
Images of women who have suffered breast cancer have been pictured in a
new charity calendar. Dressed in vintage lingerie and corsets, the inspirational
group posed as 1940s and 1950s starlets.
The pictures for the Corsets 4 Cancer calendar were taken by Pamela Shomer
and is intended to give encouragement to others.
All of the women who were photographed are women who were affected by breast cancer.
The women are dressed in vintage corsets and silk lingerie, in the 1940s and
1950s pin-up style, "to promote a promote a positive body image and give hope to others."
Each month features the photo and story of a different woman who contracted
the disease.
Liz Harte, 40, an executive PA from Muswell Hill, who is Miss July, had a breast removed in May 2002. She said: "There is no reason with the operations these days why women cannot look really good."
Although 11 of the women survived cancer, Jacqui Blood, 39, from Co Wicklow, Ireland, died last December before the calendar was finished.
A spokeswoman for the group said: "As well as raising funds and raising awareness, these ladies have
modeled in vintage corsets and lingerie to give hope and encouragement to others who have had treatment and surgery for breast cancer."
Hawaii's Annual Underwear
Run
Some 100 runners wearing nothing but their skivvies turned out Thursday for the Underpants Run in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a fun run that has become an annual event in the days leading up to the Ironman World Championship.
Some of the international athletes who come to Hawaii to train in and around the village for the race in the week before the event sparked the idea for the fun run, which began with three people in 1997.
"It was a reaction to the abhorrent and unbelievable practice of wearing 
Speedos around town, in the post office, the grocery store, even restaurants," one man said. "It's just a clash of the cultures, between the more conservative Americans and the whole European and Mediterranean resort vacation thing."
After taking a pledge not to wear racing Speedos for anything other than swimming, the runners took off to Kailua Pier for a quick round of calisthenics and then continued along Alii Drive.
Some runners sported their best Calvin Klein or Banana Republic undies. Others were more creative - grass skirts, coconut bras, black and yellow Joe Boxers, even the layered look with bright white Hanes peeking out from under a colorful thong.
T-shirts are sold, printed with the phrase "I see London, I see France, No, it's your underpants," for $20 each, with the proceeds benefiting West Hawaii Special Olympics.
As the runners went through their warm-ups at the pier, several Speedo-clad
tri-athletes looked on, fully aware that their attire was the butt of the day's joke.
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