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May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.

Online clothing sales benefit from bad weather

The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveals that poor weather conditions appear to boost online clothing sales whilst driving people away from the high street. Snow and rain this April appeared to have encouraged online shoppers to spend nearly £326 million on clothes and online footwear sales saw a significant growth in sales of 20%. These figures drew a sharp contrast to sales on the high street - The British Retail Consortium reported that clothing and footwear fell further to their worst for at least 8 years.

Web sales at Gap climb 21% as total sales fall 5%

The online channel continues to lead financial performance at Gap Inc., where web sales increased 21.3% to $236 million for the first quarter ended May 3, from $195 million a year ago. Web sales accounted for 6.98% of total Q1 net sales, compared to 5.49% in the same period last year, Gap says.

Signature Devices, Inc. Signs Sales Agreement With Large Independent PC and Video Game Sales Force

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- 05/28/08 -- Signature Devices, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SDVI) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a sales agreement with Strategic Marketing Partners, Inc. (SMP). SMP will implement direct marketing and sales campaigns for all Signature Devices video game titles. Under the sales agreement, Signature Devices has granted SMP exclusivity in selling the companies video game titles throughout their network of retail channels.

Game Group first half ahead of expectations

For the first 22 weeks to 28 June 2008, total Group sales were up by 54.0 per cent. Like for like Group sales (including Gamestation from 1 May 2008) for the same period were up by 24.8 per cent. In the UK and Ireland, total sales were up by 58.2 per cent and lfl sales were up by 28.1 per cent. In the International business, total sales and lfl sales were up by 43.9 per cent and 16.9 per cent respectively.

Music sales through Rock Band compete with iTunes - and sometimes they win

Music sales through Rock Band compete with iTunes - and sometimes they win As music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Star continue to enjoy strong sales, they've also created an interesting niche market for music sales. In fact the two titles have reportedly sold more than 25 million downloads combined. While most of the songs which can be downloaded for each game are familiar radio staples, a handful are new or relatively new tracks that aren't nearly as well known. You might think that's a recipe for slow sales on the newer titles, but that's not necessarily the case.

N Brown Group experiences massive shift to online sales

Web sales as a proportion of total sales have increased tenfold in the past five years at UK-based apparel and housewares retailer N Brown Group plc, whose roots are in catalogs aimed at consumers 30 and older. While online sales represented only 3% of the company’s business in February 2003, that rose to 28% by February of this year, Alan White, chief executive, told attendees last week at The Future of Retail conference in London. More recent figures show that proportion climbing to 31% of sales, he said.

Square Enix Sees Sales, Profits Fall In Fiscal 2007

Square Enix Sees Sales, Profits Fall In Fiscal 2007 [05.27.08] Despite healthy sales of its Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy properties, developer and publisher Square Enix saw both profits and sales fall in its past fiscal year, with sales down 9.8 percent to $1.43 billion and profits down 20.9 percent to $89 million.

US Games Sales Overtake DVD Market in 2007

The Entertainment Merchants Association released the results of a recent study that says video game sales overtook DVD sales in 2007, and by a significant margin too. Video game sales were almost $19 billion while DVD sales were $16 billion and box office numbers were $9 billion. Obviously combined the “Hollywood” numbers are better than gaming but that could easily change this year.

april online retail sales improve (gbr)

Figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index showed online clothing sales in the UK were boosted by the April weather. The positive weather conditions encouraged online shoppers to spend around £326 million on clothes, whilst online footwear sales saw a significant growth in sales by 20%. Read more...

US Consumer Phone Sales Decline 22 Percent In Q1; BlackBerry Enters The Top Five: Report

The shaky economy is starting to show up in U.S. phone sales. In the first quarter, consumer phone sales reached 31 million handsets, falling 22 percent compared to the year-ago period. For the first time, the NPD Group said sales fell between the busy holiday quarter and the first quarter. Despite this, the phones being sold today are higher-end compared to the year ago period, with smartphones comprising 17 percent of all phone sales, a 10 percent increase. Two of the big features being sold are Bluetooth at 79 percent of all phones and music-playing capabilities at 60 percent. The struggling Motorola (NYSE: MOT) maintained its No. 1 position, however, its share fell to 27 percent in the period from 35 percent a year ago. Likely to Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) chagrin, for the first time RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) BlackBerry improved its ranking, edgin

How to Research eBay Sales Potential using Tarapeak with Allison Hartsoe (5:34)

In this video interview eBay consultant Allison Hartsoe explains how to use the Terapeak research tool to assess overall sales for a category or product and determine average sales price, so that you can determine net sales costs and whether product sales on eBay will be profitable for your company.

CD sales falling faster than digital music sales rise

LONDON: Music sales fell to their lowest level in at least 10 years as an increase in digital content sales failed to make up for declines in compact discs and the effects of piracy, an industry group said Wednesday.

Signature Devices, Inc. Signs Sales Agreement With Large Independent PC and Video Game Sales Force

TMCNet: Signature Devices, Inc. Signs Sales Agreement With Large Independent PC and Video Game Sales Force

Best Buy Plans To Double Sales, May Expand Pacific Sales Appliance Business

Electronics retailer Best Buy unveiled ambitious growth plans last week, announcing that intends to double its annual sales over the next several years. Best Buy executives say it may expand its Pacific Sales appliance store concept nationwide as part of the plan.

Video games stem retail sales fall

Retail sales fell less than expected in April as strong sales of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV helped soften the effects of a heavy fall in household goods sales.

Online clothing and footwear sales soar 20%

Online sales of clothing and footwear soared by 20% in April, while internet lingerie sales have risen 72% year-on-year, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

Web and store sales increases nearly even in Q1 at dELiA's

E-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2008 at dELiA’s Inc. were $32.9 million, up by 15%, or about $4.3 million, compared with $28.6 million in the prior year quarter. Web sales were in a virtual dead heat with retail store sales, which rose by 16%.

IMRG E-Retail Sales Index: web eats into high street takings

Online sales for the first six months of 2008 were up 24% to £26.5bn - equivalent to almost half of all supermarket sales - according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

(financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- TLF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company's year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year.

First quarter web sales drop by 7% at Brown Shoe

In Q1 web sales for Brown Shoe decreased by 6.8% to about $16.4 million from $17.6 million in the first quarter of 2007. Retail sales also declined for Famous Footwear and Brown Shoe’s specialty retail unit, which includes Naturalizer stores and e-commerce. In the first quarter sales for Famous Footwear declined by 1.9% to $318.8 million from $325.3 million in the prior year. Operating earnings decreased by 63.8% to $7.6 million from $21 million in the prior year.

E-commerce sales decline for The Knot

In Q1, the company generated online sales of wedding supplies and related items of about $4.59 million, a drop of 0.9% from web sales of $4.63 million in the prior year. At the same time the company, No.332 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, reported net income of $579,000 on total revenue of $23.8 million vs. net income of $1.6 million on sales of $21 million in the prior year.

Blu-ray DVD Recorder Sales On The Rise In Japan

While Blu-ray player sales in the US have been down since January, sales in Japan have risen by nearly threefold. Much of this is due to the popularity of Blu-ray recorders, which topped DVD recorders in sales for the first time last month.

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