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AUGUST 2002

The NPD Group Sees PDAs, Jeans Popular for Back-to-School

(Port Washington, NY) Information technology, consumer electronics, apparel and skin-care will be popular product categories this back-to-school buying season according to leading market information provider, The NPD Group, Inc. As back-to-school is a significant shopping season for retailers, it is also a predictor for the upcoming Holiday buying period. To predict this year's top sellers, NPD looked at last year's third-quarter results and current market trends.

Easy Way to Make a Difference During Back-to-School Shoe Shopping; Elefanten's "Steps to Art" Raises Funds, Awareness for Preschool Arts Education

(Port Washington, WI) While research confirms a strong link between exposure to the arts at an early age and academic performance, little or no federal funding is earmarked for arts education programs targeting the more than four million children enrolled in preschool.

Gymboree Appoints Beverly Stern SVP, GMM; Retail Industry Veteran to Steer Baby Gift Concept, Janie and Jack

(Burlingame, CA) The Gymboree Corporation today announced the appointment of Beverly Stern as Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager of Janie and Jack, the new baby gift shop concept Gymboree will launch this fall. Stern joins Gymboree effective Sept. 16 after a retail-industry career that spans more than twenty years and includes the successful launch and stewardship of babyGap.

NRF Survey Shows Kids' Dollars Add Up for 2002 Back-To-School Shopping

(Washington, DC; July 22, 200) Kids today are definitely flexing their spending muscles more than ever before, and generally using them on items for which their parents aren't willing to pay.  Yet, a sizeable number of consumers are finding that their children are almost as enthusiastic about using their own money to buy the more mundane back-to-school basics, according to a just-released National Retail Federation (NRF) survey.

Business Wire Retail Report on July 2002 Retail Sales Figures

(Hollywood, FL; Aug. 8, 2002; Business Wire) Business Wire's Monthly Retail Report is available on the day that retail sales figures for the previous month's sales are announced by the various retailers nationwide, usually the first Thursday of each month.

Brown Shoe Announces Continuing Partnership with Marvel: Plans Lines of Super Hero Shoes for Kids

(St. Louis; Aug. 8, 2002; PRNewswire-FirstCall) Brown Shoe Company, Inc.) today announced a continuing partnership with Marvel Enterprises, Inc. to develop a collection of super-hero footwear for the heroes of tomorrow -- kids ages 3-7. The shoes will feature well-known Marvel characters in both their comic book and movie likenesses such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk.

Jupiter Research Releases New Retail Survey that Challenges Common Online Retail Assumptions; Active Multichannel Shoppers Drive Revenue, but Not Necessarily Profit

(Hollywood, FL; Aug. 8, 2002; Business Wire) Aug. 8, 2002--Jupiter Research (a division of INT Media Group), has released "Jupiter Consumer Survey Retail Report: Redefining the Online Retail Consumer," a controversial new report that challenges the long-held assumption that customers who shop across on- and off-line channels are inherently more valuable to retailers than other online buyers.

  

 




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