Under Armour, Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a two-for-one stock split of its outstanding common stock…
Year: 2014
Respect Your Universe Retains Financial Advisor
Respect Your Universe, Inc. has hired Merriman Capital, Inc. for advice on effective strategies intended to appeal to a broader institutional shareholder base, choice of trading venue, and organization of their capital structure. Merriman's Capital M
Costa Sunglasses Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Costa Sunglasses recently hired Emily Boynton as northeast regional sales manager for its Rx, sunglass specialty and department store accounts…
Ecco Appoints Performance Division Territory Manager, South.
Danish brand Ecco hired Joel Russo as performance division territory manager, South. Prior to joining Ecco, Russo spent eight years as a department manager and buyer at Nordstrom…
Shock Doctor Acquired by Bregal Partners
Shock Doctor Inc., known for their mouthguards, has been acquired by Bregal Partners, a middle market New York-based private equity firm. Bregal's investment is in partnership with Shock Doctor Sports' management; financial terms were not disclo
Winter Sports Drive Sales and Profit Growth at Head NV
Head NV and HTM Sport GmbH said strong snowsports sales drove revenues in 2013 to €358.7 million ($476mm), up 4.5 percent, or 7.4 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms compared to the prior year…
Rawlings Sponsors Chinese Basebal Association
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. has entered a new, six-year agreement with the Chinese Baseball Association (CBA), establishing Rawlings as the Official Apparel and Equipment Sponsor for the national governing body. The new partnership covers all p
FL’s Ken Hicks Talks up Women’s, Kids, Vendor Partnerships
At the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer & Retail Conference last week, Ken Hicks, Foot Locker’s president and CEO, elaborated on the success Foot Locker has had since he took over in 2009 but particularly talked up the growth drivers of the fu
Hibbett Sports Offers Subdued Outlook
Hibbett Sports, Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings that came in at the lower-end of expectations and also offered a 2014 outlook that trailed Wall Street’s projections…
Brown Shoe Q4 Profit Surges, Outlook Disappoints
Brown Shoe Co., Inc. reported fourth quarter 2013 net earnings surged 55.0 percent on lower costs and higher sales at the company's Wholesale division. However, same-store sales at Famous Footwear declined in the period and the footwear company forec
Bill Hicks and Co. Adds RAS 12 to Product Line
Bill Hicks & Co., Ltd., a full-line distributor for hunting and shooting industries announces the recent addition of the RAS 12 from Intrepid Tactical to their product line…
Vail Resorts Lowers Sales Guidance as Drought Hurts Specialty Stores
Vail Resorts Inc. lowered its earnings guidance for fiscal 2014 by 10 percent last week after deciding snow came too late to the Lake Tahoe region to save the season for its 40 ski and snowboard shops in the San Francisco Bay and Lake Tahoe regions…
Yurbuds to Sponsor Boston Marathon Running Team
Yurbuds is honoring those who were affected by last year’s tragic events at the Boston Marathon by sponsoring four runners at this year’s event…
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book and Music Stores Down in February
Early estimates of February retail sales came in better than expected, with sales by sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores’ leading the way in growth over January, but falling the most when measure against year ago levels, according to advanc
Brown Shoe’s Q4 Profit Advances
Brown Shoe company reported fourth quarter 2013 financial results, with net sales of $600.0 million, down 3.0 percent versus fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $618.7 million. Fourth quarter 2013 net earnings jumped 55.0 percent to $6.2 million, or 14 cents
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