Eddie Bauer Recognized for Customer Service
Eddie Bauer has been recognized at the J.D. Power and Associates Customer Service Roundtable in Las Vegas as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion – one of only 40 companies to have earned this distinction this year…
Compass Diversified Holdings CEO Takes Leave of Absence
Compass Diversified Holdings, the equity owner of Fox Racing Shox and Liberty Safe, announced that Joe Massoud, its chief executive officer, has requested, and the Board has approved, a leave of absence to focus his attention on an informal regulatory inq
U.S. Consumers Sustain Spending in January
January marked the seventh straight month of retail sales gains, although sales by sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores decreased 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted month-to-month basis and increased 0.4% on an unadjusted year-over-year basis, accordin
NRF Forecasts 4% Retail Sales Growth in 2011
The National Retail Federation projected retail industry sales – excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants – will increase 4.0% from 2010. The cautiously optimistic outlook comes on the heels of seven consecutive months of retail sales growth an
Nordstrom’s Q4 Profits Climb 35%
Nordstrom, Inc. reported net earnings of $232 million, or $1.04 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter ended January 29, 2011. This represented an increase of 35% compared with net earnings of $172 million, or 77 cents per diluted share, for the same q
Nordstrom to Acquire HauteLook
Nordstrom, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire HauteLook, Inc., a leader in the online private sale marketplace…
Legacy Athletic Apparel Completes Reverse Merger into Mondial Ventures
Legacy Athletic Apparel, LLC., a development-stage company that designs and manufactures athletic shoes and apparel, announced the recent closing of its reverse merger into Mondial Ventures Inc., with Mondial being the surviving entity…
Big Agnes Names KNS Reps As Sales Reps of the Year
Big Agnes Inc., named to Kirk Haskell and Scott Sutton of KNS Reps as winners of its “Sales Rep of the Year” award…
Puma AG’s Fourth Quarter Revenues Climb; Currency-Adjusted Sales Jump 28% in Americas
Puma AG reported consolidated sales in the fourth quarter increased by 16.1% currency-adjusted and 28.2% in Euro terms, reaching 623.4 million euros ($843.7m). All regions contributed positively to this performance. Currency adjusted sales in EMEA were up
Boxercraft Appoints COO
Boxercraft, the cheerleading specialist based in Atlanta, announced that Marion Parkes has been promoted to chief operating officer across all divisions. Parkes has worked for Boxercraft for eight years…
Reports of Imminent Jack Wolfskin Sale Resurface
Several companies are in talks to acquire Germany's Jack Wolfskin brand from two European private equity firms, according to an unconfirmed report in Financial Times Deutschland and picked up by the Bloomberg news service…
Three ESPN Personalities Ink Deals with Nike
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso – ESPN's “College GameDay” team – each have endorsement deals with Nike Inc., according to a report in The New York Times…
Head NV Announces Rights Offering of New Preference Shares
Head N.V. is offering to sell nearly 200 million new shares, or more than double its existing number, to existing shareholders at a nominal value of €0.01 each at an issue price of €0.05 per offer share…
Wolverine Promotions to Fuel Growth at Merrell and Chaco
Wolverine World Wide named Seth Cobb as VP and general manager of Merrell and Chip Coe as VP and general manager of Chaco. Both positions are effective immediately…
OIA VantagePoint: Outdoor Product Sales Reach $10.85 Billion in Fiscal 2010
In the broader retail marketplace it appears that resolute shoppers braved winter storms throughout much of the country in the four-week retail fiscal month of January, trudging through extraordinarily snowy conditions to stock up on discounted cold-weath
