Timberland Increases Anti-Counterfeit Efforts
The Timberland Company unveiled several new components of its program to combat the distribution of imitation Timberland products. The program is designed to raise awareness about counterfeit goods and the importance of product authenticity, and also incl
Quiksilver Appoints Four New Board Members
Laurent Boix-Vives, Timothy Harmon and Charles Exon have been appointed to the Quiksilver Board of Directors effective December 1, 2005. Douglas Ammerman was previously appointed to the Board of Directors on June 3, 2005…
Miller Appointed CEO of Scarpa N.A.
Andrea Parisotto, President of SCARPA North America announced the hiring of Kim Miller as the CEO. Starting his career as a Customer Service Manager at Chouinard Equipment Ltd. in 1987. When Black Diamond was formed in 1990, Kim took the post as the Rocky
Black Friday Has Less Impact on Holiday Trend…
Has Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that had been the historical tipping point for American retailers to start turning a profit for the year, become much ado about nothing for good? Before the leftovers are all gone, before the numbers are talli
Nike Execs Glad to be Back on Ground…
Bill Perez knew that his move to Nike, Inc. would be an exciting ride, but the company’s president and CEO got more than he bargained for last Monday. National media rushed to a scene that had four execs circling Portland, Ore. for six hours as the compa
Genesco Continues to Score Big in the Mall…
Genesco Inc. was able to overcome tough comparisons to a strong third quarter last year, and challenges from hurricanes and rising gas prices this year, to deliver a solid top-line effort in the quarter ended October 29. The company saw balanced sales gr
Sport-Haley Narrows Fiscal Q1 Loss on Cost Cutting Measures…
Sport-Haley cut its net loss for the fiscal first quarter ended September 30 to only $426,000, or a loss of 16 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1,276,000, or 52 cents per share last year. This improvement was achieved in spite of a considera
Perry Ellis Dives Deeper into the Action Sports Market…
Perry Ellis International seems to be taking a closer look at the Action Sports industry, changing its Swim division into an Action Sports/Active group after acquiring the Gotcha brand and its trademarks. PERY took its actions in the industry a step furt
BRS Fuels Further Growth at Levtran…
Private equity firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.L.C. continues to have an appetite for the sporting goods industry, making another deal last month to fund an MBO at Levtran Enterprises, which operates the Downtown Locker Room and DTLR businesses
K2 and Marmot Complete Apparel Consolidation in Santa Rosa, Calif.
All sales, marketing and product development operations of the K2 Snow apparel brand have fully transitioned from K2 Sports in Vashon, Wash., to operate under Marmot in Santa Rosa, Calif. K2 Inc., parent company of K2 Sports, acquired Marmot in 2004 to es
NRF Ups Holiday Sales Forecast
The National Retail Federation (NRF) announced that it has revised its holiday sales forecast as a result of a recent flurry of healthy economic indicators including strong October retail sales and falling gasoline prices. NRF now expects total holiday r
Hurricanes Hit Gander Mountain’s Bottom Line…
While the full-line sporting goods chains are reporting solid quarters, the Hunt/Fish retailers were impacted by the heavy hurricane season during the third quarter of 2005. At the end of October, Cabela’s reported slower sales due to “the CNN effect” fo
Coleman Rolls Out New Sales Structure…
The Coleman Company is launching initiatives to strengthen its mass store sales organization, while refocusing the sales force mandate to better support its enhanced specialty store sales initiatives. Under the new structure, the mass retail effort will b
Foot Locker Still Sees Europe Drain; U.S. Pleases…
Foot Locker, Inc. looked to strong growth in the Champs and Footaction businesses in the U.S. and hints of a turnaround in the Europe business as positive long-term indicators for the company. But a decline in gross margins attributed to a promotional st
Riddell Bell Sees Strong Q3; Builds War Chest to Build Portfolio…
Riddell Bell Holdings relied on acquisitions to fuel the majority of its fiscal third quarter growth, but also managed to drive strong organic growth in both of its divisions. While reported sales more than doubled during the quarter because of these acqu
