RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Sep 1, 2001
For July 2001 Company Name Month 01Full $ Month 00Full $ Month 01Full % Month 01Comp % Month 00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 102.0...
Ames closing 47 stores
Aug 24, 2001, Misty Reagin
Rocky Hill, Conn. – Locally based Ames Department Stores Inc. plans to shutter 47 stores in 10 states in an effort to return to profitability. The stores...
Advanced Auto to buy Discount Auto
Aug 14, 2001, Misty Reagin
Dunellen, N.J. – Locally based Advanced Auto Parts is spending roughly $267 million in cash and stock to acquire its rival, Lakeland, Fla.-based Discount...
Kmart purchases BlueLight.com
Aug 2, 2001, Misty Reagin
Troy, Mich. – Locally based Kmart Corp. recently acquired BlueLight.com, the company's e-commerce subsidiary. A majority of BlueLight.com stockholders...
HOT TOPIC: Money in the middle
Aug 1, 2001, Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
Ottumwa, Iowa, Paducah, Ky., Clarksville, Tenn. Few average Joes could easily pinpoint such places on a map. But as prime markets get leased and become...
RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Aug 1, 2001
For June 2001 Company Name Month 01Full $ Month 00Full $ Month 01Full % Month 01Comp % Month 00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 109.6...
CONSUMER TRENDS: Get in, get out! It's a guy thing.
Aug 1, 2001, W. S. Moore III
Men don't shop. As Paco Underhill, consumer trend watcher and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (Touchstone Books, 2000), puts it, Men are...
Charming Shoppes to buy Lane Bryant
Jul 30, 2001, Misty Reagin
Bensalem, Pa. – Locally based Charming Shoppes plans to purchase Lane Bryant, a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based The Limited, for $335 million in cash...
Wal-Mart cuts corporate jobs
Jul 27, 2001, Misty Reagin
Bentonville, Ark. – Locally based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. terminated 100 positions at its corporate headquarters this week, making this the first time the...
Furrs eliminates corporate staff
Jul 27, 2001, Misty Reagin
Albuquerque, N.M. – Locally based Furrs Supermarkets Inc. recently announced it would terminate all positions at its corporate headquarters. This news...
