Home Depot announces$2 billion stock buyback program
Jul 16, 2002, — staff & wire reports
Management at Atlanta-based Home Depot is confident that the company’s stock, which has declined 43% year-to-date, is undervalued. In response to the...
Hot June weather equals hot June salesfor mass merchants
Jul 11, 2002, — staff & wire reports
Hoisted by a hot summer climate, retail earnings for mass merchandisers are recovering from the recent recession with rising margins and estimates. Retailers...
Chico’s 2Q sales up 42%
Jul 10, 2002, —staff & wire reports
A "secret sale" event helped Chico’s FAS post impressive numbers for second quarter 2002. The Fort Myers, Fla.-based specialty apparel chain reported...
Earnings are up atTuesday Morningin spite of flat comps
Jul 9, 2002, — staff & wire reports
Tuesday Morning Corp. CEO Kathleen Mason did what analysts said she couldn’t do — drive earnings in second quarter 2002 on flat comp-store sales. The...
Wal-Mart turns 40
Jul 2, 2002, —staff & wire reports
Wal-Mart is celebrating its 40th birthday at the store where it all began. On July 2, 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened its doors in Rogers, Ark., at the...
Luxe lingers
Jul 2, 2002, by Ben Johnson, Editor-in-chief
Luxury goods purveyors are clinging to hopes of a 2nd-half rebound in fortunes. When the refurbished Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche flagship opened on...
luxe lingers
Jul 1, 2002, By Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
When the refurbished Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche flagship opened on Fifth Avenue in New York last year, it brought together for the first time under...
Which retailers have the best industry buzz?
Jul 1, 2002, Janet Groeber
In the financial markets there is no question that Wal-Mart Stores rules. Now, a new survey shows that it is held in high esteem by retail executives....
May unveils new "proprietary" brands
Jun 14, 2002, —staff and wire reports
In an effort to regain market share lost to the specialty apparel sector, St. Louis-based department store giant May Co. today announced plans for two...
May sales up for Target, down for Sears
Jun 6, 2002, — staff and wire reports
Five consecutive weeks of cool weather throughout the United States led to lower-than-expected May sales figures reported by Target Corp. and Sears today....
May sales up for Target, down for Sears
Jun 6, 2002, —staff and wire reports
Five consecutive weeks of cool weather throughout the United States led to lower-than-expected May sales figures reported by Target Corp. and Sears today....
Winn-Dixie converts to SaveRite
Jun 1, 2002, Renée DeGross
Winn-Dixie is keeping a lid on its SaveRite store conversion plans. But at least in the Atlanta market, nearly all 40 Winn-Dixies have been converted...
Federated CEO trumpets reinvention
Jun 1, 2002, Janet Groeber
Federated remains a dominant player in the traditional department store sector with 457 stores in 34 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. Operating as Bloomingdale's,...
Consumer spending in retail sector drives compensation higher in spite of economic recession.
Jun 1, 2002, By Cimi Silverberg, director, FPL Associates
Editor's Note: When Kimco Realty Corp., the nation's largest publicly traded owner of neighborhood shopping centers, decided to tap a new CEO-designate...
Sears boosts brand image with Lands' End purchase
Jun 1, 2002, Joel Groover
Sears plans to boost its apparel business by acquiring Dodgeville, Wisc.-based Lands' End, the specialty apparel retailer known for its catalogue and...
McDonald’s may sell non-food merchandise
May 30, 2002, — staff and wire reports
Fast-food chain McDonald’s set tongues wagging when it announced last week it was exploring non-food retailing options in an attempt to grow business....
Sears begins tender offer for Lands’ End
May 17, 2002
Sears today began its tender offer for shares of top-selling catalog and Internet retailer Lands’ End, marking the beginning of Sears’ bid to spice up...
ICSC 2002 Spring Convention: comprehensive real-time coverage
May 13, 2002
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Retail federation predicts sunnier skies in 2002
May 13, 2002
The National Retail Federation (NRF) in April responded to growth in several major economic indicators by raising its retail sales estimate for 2002....
Who'll win the grocery wars?
May 13, 2002
Don't look now, but according to some estimates Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is already the nation's top-selling food retailer. And as Wal-Mart and other discounters...
RETAIL HISTORY: Neiman-Marcus memories
May 1, 2002
UP & COMING RETAILERS: Specialty apparel retail survivors
May 1, 2002, William Atkinson
The rest of the sector's sales fell flat, but specialty apparel chains including Hennes & Mauritz, American Eagle, Urban Outfitters, Charlotte Russe and Zumiez are performing ahead of the pack. It's a question on everyone's lips these days: “What are the hottest up-and-coming retailers?” If you had the right answer, of course, you'd be banking a mint......
COVER STORY: Get over it
May 1, 2002
The economic boom of the 1990s left the nation's retail industry with a shopping hangover consumers spent themselves into a frenzy and developers built...
From the floor: real-time coverage from the ICSC Spring Convention
Apr 30, 2002, SCW Staff
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