Retail's Old Guard Lives; After Years of Eroding Business, Department...

The Washington Post;  November 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......In September, department stores recorded comparable...retail, of 8.4 percent from September...growth would be 4.4 percent, compared with...decline in 2002. "Department stores have begun to...In October, 26 percent of women ages...said they go to department ...

Youths to spend big on holidays at department stores.

Washington Times (Washington, D.C.);  October 17, 2006 ;     645 words ......to shop in department stores this year, up 3 percent from last year. Department stores have been...Kohl's led department stores with a 16.3 percent jump in stores...percent and 10 percent increases...Federated Department Stores Inc., which...

Youths to spend big on holidays at department stores.(BUSINESS)

The Washington Times;  October 17, 2006 ;     574 words ......to shop in department stores this year, up 3 percent from last year. Department stores have been...Kohl's led department stores with a 16.3 percent jump in stores...percent and 10 percent increases...Federated Department Stores Inc., which...

Department Stores: Back to Cool; Their School-Wear's in Fashion Again, and...

The Washington Post;  August 20, 1994 ;     700+ words ......sales at department stores have climbed...average of 9.4 percent a month over...only 0.8 percent. Retailers...analysts said department stores are perceived...mothers and 18 percent of teenagers...ground because department stores have been...

Federated aggressive again. (Federated Department Stores Inc.)

WWD;  December 11, 1992 ;     700+ words ......YORK -- Federated Department Stores Inc. is pumping new...Among them: * An 11 percent EBITDA by 1994, compared...with last year's 7.5 percent and last decade's high of 10.7 percent in 1983 for Federated's department stores. * Strengthening the...accounts for about 70 ...

Department stores: the KSA consumer findings. (Kurt Salmon Associates 1996...

WWD;  June 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......women and 4 percent of men said...shopping department stores more in 1993...from 1993: 9 percent of women shopped department stores more in 1996 and 24 percent shopped less, while 7 percent of men shopped department stores more and 18 percent ...

DICOUNTERS DOMINATE, FUNDAMENTALLY.(discount stores vs. department...

WWD;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......several sources, department stores, including conventional...billion, a 5.5 percent drop from the preceding year and 4 percent of the total...pie. Since 1996 department stores nudged their...line up just 0.4 percent. On the other...increasing the percentage of food in ...

WEAKNESS IN RTW DRIVES MAY CO. NET DOWN 12.3 PERCENT.(May Department...

WWD;  August 8, 2000 ;     700+ words ......endemic to department stores and retailing in general, May Department Stores Co. reported...declined 12.3 percent in the second...dropped 0.6 percent. It has been...Federated Department Stores. Kahn made...Federated Department Stores. Going down the list ...

Department stores back in the game; Benefiting from fewer stores and...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Nationally, sales at department stores open at least a year rose 4.3 percent between February...expected a 4.5 percent gain from Target. Still, department stores and Target...were 3,938 department stores in 2002, an 8 percent drop from a...

Department stores seen gaining ground on retail rivals. (Factoring and...

Daily News Record;  December 14, 1994 ;     409 words ......better value in department stores. Johnson made...n't maintain a 25 percent cost differential...discounters and department stores, proved fairly...stock plummeted 58 percent in the first 11...over 1993 at most department stores and discount department...sales are up 8.9 ...

May Co. earnings off 5% in 1st quarter; Penney's net is down 48.3 percent....

WWD;  May 15, 1991 ;     340 words ......PENNEY'S NET IS DOWN 48.3 PERCENT NEW YORK (FNS) -- Due to...first-quarter earnings at May Department Stores Co. dipped 5 percent, while profits at J.C. Penney Co., Inc., tumbled 48.3 percent. May Co. earned $76 million...Louis-based retailer edged up 6.5 percent to $2,313,000,000 ...

Department stores. (shoe retail trade) (The Retail State)

Footwear News;  February 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ......chains, many department stores are mirroring...directs 70-80 percent of all shoe...business climate. Department stores have successfully...12 months, department stores averaged a 3.1 percent profit margin...Stravitz said department stores' focus on ...

Department stores face big challenges: Retailers trying variety of things...

Charleston Daily Mail;  September 2, 2002 ;     644 words ......January, sales at department stores open at least...were down 1.4 percent, while discounters...an average 5.1 percent gain. Same-store...health. On average, department stores' gross profit...anywhere from 33 percent to 35 percent...average by about 10 percent ...

MAY CO. EXPERIENCE 1 PERCENT PROFIT GAIN IN 4TH QUARTER.(May Department...

Footwear News;  February 26, 2001 ;     373 words ......updated merchandise helped The May Department Stores Co. post its first improvement...firm's net-income increase of 1 percent to $518 million, or $1.59 per...May Co. also opened 23 new department stores, remodeled or expanded existing...

As More Shoppers Turn to Discounters, Department Stores Struggle to...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......issues, said of department stores. But these retailers...solve what ails department stores, which are retailing...Fewer customers Department stores' share of the nation...at conventional department stores accounted for nearly 10 percent of the nation's...the ...