After booking low-mid-single-digit comparable stores sales growth in the fiscal first quarter, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is bracing for a quarter of heavy discounting at the mall, particularly in women’s swimwear…
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Remington Outdoor Q1 Results Hurt by Recall, Ebbing Firearms Sales
Remington Outdoor Company Inc. reported net sales declined $65 million, or 20.3 percent to $255.2 million in the first quarter, as an 18-month boom in firearms sales tapered off. Gross margin tumbled 1,200 basis points to 22.5 percent primarily due to a
Landmark Concussion Research Could Improve Helmet Design
A landmark $30 million research initiative announced last week by the NCAA and the Department of Defense could help the sporting goods industry improve the design of helmets and mouth guards, a leading concussion researcher told Sports Executive Weekly la
Honey Stinger Expands Sales Team
Honey Stinger has added Jerard Whitehead to its sales team in the role of grocery category manager and Shannon Lane in the new role of key account manager for sports and outdoor categories…
Fewer Clearance Sales Hurt Tilly’s Q1 Traffic, Conversion Rates and Profits
Action sports retailer Tilly’s Inc. said a lack of clearance inventory hurt traffic in the highly promotional teen market in the fiscal first quarter, causing comp store sales, including Internet sales, to fall 6.8 percent…
47 Brand Chooses Centerstone Technologies as B2B E-commerce Vendor
47 Brand, a premium global sports lifestyle company, and CenterStone Technologies, Inc., an international developer of Web-based B2B e-commerce software, are collaborating on opening up 47 Brand for business 24 x 7…
NCAA and Pentagon Launch Landmark Concussion Research
The NCAA and the U.S. Department of Defense are embarking on a landmark $30 million initiative to enhance the safety of student-athletes and service members. Researchers will enroll an estimated 37,000 male and female NCAA student-athletes over the three
Sports Authority Opens Four Speedo Shop-in-Shops
Speedo USA and Sports Authority launched a new Speedo Aquatic Zone “shop-within-a-shop” retail concept at four Sports Authority locations in Florida and California…
OIA Releases Corporate Responsibility Topline Report
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) released a report documenting the work hundreds of brands, retailers, suppliers and other members of the OIA Sustainability Working Group (SWG) have done over the last seven years to advance responsible business practice
Ian Connor Joins Soar Communications
Soar Communications, a marketing communications agency serving the sports, outdoor, athletics and recreation industries, has hired Ian Connor as account executive…
RockyMounts Turns to Outside Product Development Firm
RockyMounts Inc. has turned to the design consultancy GSD Global, LLC to help drive innovation in product development and increase its offering of car-rack systems…
Equip Outdoor to Discontinue Lowe Alpine Apparel
UK-based Equip Outdoor Technologies will discontinue Lowe Alpine's apparel line after this fall/winter season so it can focus resources on its established Rab technical apparel brand and Lowe Alpine packs…
Soccer Star Messi to Design Special Edition Dutch Space Scooter
Four time world soccer player of the year Lionel Messi has signed a three year contract with Dutch Space Scooter to help design and promote a special edition of the scooter under his own brand…
Hitcase Selects Lambert as Canadian Bike and Run Distributor
Hitcase, makers of iPhone cases, mounts, accessories and apps that transforms an iPhone into a shockproof, waterproof POV action camera, has appointed Lambert as their exclusive Canadian distributor into the bicycle and running markets…
Famous Footwear Fiscal Q1 Sales Driven by Canvas Athletic Category
Famous Footwear first quarter 2014 sales reached $354.6 million in the fiscal first quarter ended May 3, up 0.7 percent year-over-year, with same-store-sales up 1.3 percent, according to parent Brown Shoe Company. Sales were driven by athletics, especiall
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