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| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:28 AM PDT | Genesco 2Q Profit Jumps; Lifts 2006 View
AP via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 24 Aug 2005 5:15 AM PDT
Genesco Inc., which operates various retail chains selling shoes, hats and accessories, on Wednesday said second-quarter profit jumped 41 percent, aided by strong sales in stores open at least one year, and boosted its full-year financial forecast. |
Coach Extends Executives' Contracts
AP via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 24 Aug 2005 4:38 AM PDT
Coach Inc., a designer and retailer of high-end leather goods and accessories, said Wednesday that three top executives have agreed to extend their contracts for three more years, and forecast first-quarter financial results above Wall Street targets. |
le Travel Store
Gadling Wed, 24 Aug 2005 5:20 AM PDT
I was in San Diego a few weeks ago and had the chance to spend some time browsing this great travel store on 4th Avenue in the historic Gaslamp Quarter . Le Travel Store has been selling an impressive inventory of travel gear, publications, clothing and accessories since 1976. According to the site, founders Joan and Bill Keller created the first business to be called a “Travel Store”. They |
Coach Announces Extensions to Long-Term Employment Agreements for Three Key Executives
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 24 Aug 2005 4:00 AM PDT
Coach, Inc. , a leading marketer of modern classic American accessories, today announced that three key executives: Lew Frankfort, Chairman and CEO, Reed Krakoff, President and Executive Creative Director, and Keith Monda, President and Chief Operating Officer, entered into three-year extensions to their original five-year employment agreements, which will now be in effect through August 2011. |
Stock futures weaker as oil tops $66; data eyed
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 24 Aug 2005 5:06 AM PDT
U.S. stock futures signaled a lower market open on Wednesday as oil prices rose above $66 a barrel before weekly inventory data and investors worried that higher energy costs will hurt corporate profits and consumer spending. |
Over-35s drive eBay UK web hits
BBC News Wed, 24 Aug 2005 1:37 AM PDT
Nearly half of the UK's net users visit eBay monthly and most are over 35, says a net monitoring firm. |
Chicago women can soon size up Gap's Forth & Towne
Chicago Sun-Times Wed, 24 Aug 2005 2:41 AM PDT
Chicago shoppers will be among the first to experience Gap's new Forth & Towne stores, aimed at women ages 35 and older. Four of the retailer's five Forth & Towne stores nationwide will open Aug. 31 at Chicago area shopping malls. The fifth, at the Palisades Center in West Nyack, N.Y., opens today. |
CourierPostOnline - South Jersey's Web Site
Courier-Post Wed, 24 Aug 2005 2:04 AM PDT
Shoe firm shows in N.Y. Cherry Hill-based Penny Loves Kenny shoes has opened a showroom in the 1370 Building on Sixth Avenue in New York. Open on Wednesday and by appointment, the showroom offers store buyers an opportunity to view the line's youthful, kicky designs. |
Gap Inc. debuts new store today at Palisades Center
The Journal News Wed, 24 Aug 2005 5:07 AM PDT
Gap Inc.'s latest experiment to boost its sales opens today with a Forth & Towne store at the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack. The store is the first in what company officials hope will become a strong national chain of stores expanding Gap's reach as an apparel retailer. |
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