GSI Commerce Makes Board Nominations
GSI Commerce Inc. nominated Andrea M. Weiss and Michael J. Donahue to it's board of directors. Each will stand for election for a one-year term at the company's annual meeting on June 30…
lucy Opens Two Chicago-Area Stores
lucy will open its third and fourth stores in Illinois over Memorial Day weekend. Set to debut on Friday, May 26 in Northbrook Court and Monday, May 29 in Oakbrook Center, each store creates a friendly, energized environment for lucy customers…
Mossimo Q1 Revenues Fall 43.7% on Target Rebate
Mossimo, Inc. reported first quarter 2006 total net revenues of $4.9 million, down 43.7% from $8.7 million for the same period last year. The company reported a first quarter net loss of $1.17 million, which included a non-recurring charge of $6 million,
Golfsmith Lowers Expenses; Increases Sales…
Golfsmith International saw a strong sales result transfer down to the bottom line, where the company’s net loss was more than halved during the seasonally slow first quarter. Due to the timing of sales, a net loss in the first quarter is typical in much
SIA Retail Audit Sees Strong Finish for Snow Sports Season…
The 2005-2006 SnowSports retail season was like many of the past few years, strong in certain parts of the country and difficult in others. However, at least this year every major ski area was able to open for business for most of the season, unlike last
Positive Q1 Comps Boost Shoe Carnival’s Earnings 20%
Shoe Carnival, Inc. net earnings for the first quarter increased 25% to $7.4 million as compared with net earnings of $5.9 million in the first quarter ended April 30, 2005. Diluted earnings per share increased 20% to 54 cents per share compared with 45 c
WSA Appoints Boehm as Director of Retail Relations
WSA appointed Celeste Boehm as director of retail relations who will head the Retail Relations Team responsible for developing new programs to solidify existing relationships between retailers and manufacturers and create expanded opportunities for forgin
Panoptx Founder Joins His own Board
Panoptx Eyewear appointed Panoptx founder Dr. Rudy Kopfer to its board of directors. This appointment is effective immediately. A maxillofacial surgeon with 32 years of experience, Dr. Kopfer utilized his expertise to design eyewear that has the performa
Orange 21 Q1 Sales Up; Net Loss Falls
Orange 21 Inc. saw net sales for the first quarter of 2006 increase 11% to $9.4 million from $8.5 million last year. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of approximately $1.7 million, or 21 cents loss per diluted share compared to a net loss o
Recall: Trek Bicycle Helmets…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Trek Bicycle, has issued a voluntary recall of the Trek Anthem C Elite and Anthem C Elite WSD Model Bicycle Helmets. The recall covers about 4,500 of the helmets. Product testing demonstrate
adidas Group Picks Up Russian Reebok Distribution
The adidas Group bought the distribution rights for the Reebok brand in CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan) from ZAO RBK-Retail, Reebok’s Russian distributor. Effective January 1, 2007 adidas Ltd., Moscow will becom
PacSun Q1 Net Drops 32.4%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. saw sales for the first quarter increase 7.1% to $299.9 million from $280.0 million for the same period last year. First quarter net earnings were 16 cents per diluted share, including 3 cents related to stock option an
Big 5 First Quarter Comps Climb 5.3%; Income Declines on Expansion Costs
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation first quarter net sales increased $17.1 million, or 9.0%, to $207.2 million from net sales of $190.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2005. Same store sales increased 5.3% for the first quarter. Net income for the f
HO Sports Appoints Officers
HO Sports Company, Inc. appointed Bob McKeeman, VP operations, Sharon McMullen, VP finanace & information systems, Sherri Miller, VP sourcing & logisitics, and Gregg Vukelic, VP research & development as officers of the company…
Crocs Expands Dealers to Triple Sales and Profits…
Crocs Inc. hosted its first official conference call as a public company with triple-digit growth in sales and earnings. During a conference call with analysts and the media, some analysts were cheering as they congratulated the management team. The compa
