RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Jul 1, 2001
For May 2001 Company Name Month '01Full $ Month '00Full $ Month '01Full % Month '01Comp% Month '00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 80.7...
Gap to cut staff, cutback expansion
Jun 26, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
San Francisco – Locally based Gap Inc. recently announced it will shrink its workforce by as much as 700 jobs from its headquarters staff of 10,000. The...
Retailers can expect pick up by 2002
Jun 25, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
New York — According to Dana Telsey, senior managing director of locally based Bear, Stearns & Co., savvy retailers should see a turnaround in their finances...
Moody’s reports that yearly increase of retail sales may have bottomed
Jun 21, 2001, Misty Reagin
New York – According to locally based Moody’s Investors Service, the latest news on retail sales suggests the quarter-to-quarter annualized growth rate...
NAW welcomes Bush signature
Jun 11, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Washington, D.C. – The locally based National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) joined the National Federation of Independent Business, the...
Federated May comp sales down 3.3%
Jun 8, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Cincinnati — Locally based Federated Department Stores Inc. reported total sales of approximately $1.2 billion for the four weeks ended June 2, 2001....
TeleCheck reports May same-store sales up 2.8%
Jun 8, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Denver – Same-store retail sales for May rose 2.8% over the same period last year, according to data compiled by TeleCheck Services Inc., a subsidiary...
Kmart to open store in Trinidad
Jun 5, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Locally based Kmart Corp. will spend $25 million to open its first store in Trinidad and Tobago as part of its expansion in the Caribbean....
SuperValu to close 30 stores
Jun 5, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Minneapolis – Locally based SuperValu is closing 11 Cub Foods stores in Indiana and shuttering its 19-store Laneco group, which operates in Pennsylvania...
Kmart rolls out new technology
Jun 4, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Locally based Kmart Corp. recently reported that it is rolling out new technologies to its stores, chain-wide, to provide state-of-the art...
Employee theft on the rise
Jun 4, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Fruitland Park, Fla. – According to the 13th annual Retail Theft Survey, conducted by locally based Jack L. Hayes International, the number of dishonest...
HOT TOPIC: Stacking the odds
Jun 1, 2001, Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
Andrew Kaufman started his career at Crown American as an intern in the mail room. Today, he's vice president of partnership marketing. Thanks to training...
RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Jun 1, 2001
For April 2001 Company Name Month 01 Full $ Month 00 Full $ Month 01 Full % Month 01 Comp % Month 00 Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters...
Federated appoints Jim Amann to new executive role
Jun 1, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Cincinnati – Locally based Federated Department Stores Inc. recently appointed James Amann as executive vice president of strategic initiatives.In his...
The Crate and Barrel Story
Jun 1, 2001, Matt Valley
LAS VEGAS Homogenization is what ails the shopping center industry today, according to Gordon Segal, founder and CEO of Crate and Barrel, who shared his...
Asking rents for retail space on North Michigan Avenue soar
May 31, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Chicago – According to an annual retail survey of Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” by locally based Northern Realty Group Ltd., asking rents for retail space...
Kmart voices energy concerns
May 30, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Washington, D.C. – Johnny Duke, national director of facilities/energy for Troy, Mich.-based Kmart Corp., recently testified before the House Energy and...
Gap picks Retek to transform supply chain
May 21, 2001, SCW Online
MINNEAPOLIS Gap Inc. has hired Retek to help decrease supply chain costs and increase customer service across its Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy brands....
Gap picks Retek to transform supply chain
May 21, 2001, SCW Online
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gap Inc. has hired Retek to help decrease supply chain costs and increase customer service across its Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy...
ICSC Spring Convention opens in Las Vegas
May 21, 2001, Misty Reagin
LAS VEGAS -- The 2001 ICSC Spring Convention opened today with organizers predicting strong attendance for the shopping center industry's biggest annual...
NCR and Marubeni form joint venture
May 18, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Dayton, Ohio – Locally based NCR Corp. and Japanese technology firm Marubeni Corp. have formed a joint venture, Marubeni Network Systems Corp. (MNSC)....
Kmart chairman briefs shareholders on 2001 strategic focus
May 17, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Chuck Conaway, chairman and CEO of locally based Kmart Corp., recently told shareholders at the company's annual meeting about Kmart's progress...
Retail environment placing downward rating pressure on U.S. retailers
May 14, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
New York – According to locally based Moody's Investors Service, the current economic slowdown is exposing weaknesses in some U.S. retailers' strategy...
Kmart’s chief marketing officer resigns
May 10, 2001, Misty M. Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Brent Willis has resigned as chief marketing officer of locally based Kmart Corp., effective May 7, 2001. Willis was instrumental in the...
Home Depot to acquire Mexican chain
May 9, 2001, Misty Reagin
Atlanta – Locally based The Home Depot is spending an undisclosed sum in cash to purchase Total HOME, a four-store chain in Mexico.Total HOME operates...
