A "secret sale" event helped Chico’s FAS post impressive numbers for second quarter 2002. The Fort Myers, Fla.-based specialty apparel chain reported a total sales gain of 42% to $46.5 million and a 15% gain in comp store sales for the period...

Tuesday Morning Corp. CEO Kathleen Mason did what analysts said she couldn’t do — drive earnings in second quarter 2002 on flat comp-store sales. The Dallas-based closeout chain recently announced an 83% growth in earnings for the reporting period...

Wal-Mart is celebrating its 40th birthday at the store where it all began. On July 2, 1962, the first Wal-Mart opened its doors in Rogers, Ark., at the Shelby Lane Mall. The 35,000-sq.-ft. store employed 25 sales associates...

Nashville’s Opry Mills is now wholly owned by Arlington, Va.-based The Mills Corp. The self-managed REIT purchased the remaining 33% of Opry Mills that it did not own for $87 million from joint venture partner Opryland Attractions Inc., a...