Author: James Hartford

Saucony, Inc. reported that net income for the second quarter ended July 2, 2004 increased 36% to $3.0 million, compared to $2.2 million in the second quarter of 2003. Net sales for the second quarter increased 28%, to $44.0 million, compared to $34.5 mi

Callaway Golf Company on Monday announced the resignation of Ronald A. Drapeau as chairman and CEO of the company. Effective immediately, William C. Baker, Callaway Golf's longest-tenured member of the Board, will assume the COB and interim CEO role

O'Neill, Inc. has signed on as title sponsor of the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing, the second stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing®, at Oahu's Sunset Beach for the next three years…

Greg Thomsen, general manager of Pacifica, LTD, parent company of Mountainsmith and 105 Meridien, announced Monday the appointment of Geoff O'Keeffe as president of both divisions. Geoff will be responsible for all consumer products under the Mountai

Hot Tuna USA, LLC, has acquired the master license and will re-launch the legendary Australian surf brand
Hot Tuna in North America for Spring 2005. Hot Tuna USA acquired the license in May 2004 and will retain the license for 20 years distributing the l

Department stores – most notably Sears – have increased their share of sales of the three most popular pieces of home exercise equipment, especially treadmills. An analysis of data contained in NSGA’s “Sporting Goods Market” reports shows department store

Everlast Worldwide Inc. has signed another licensing agreement with Sparta Ltd., a sporting goods and apparel manufacturer and distributor based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Sparta will expand its Everlast products to include men's, women's, and

Escalade, Inc. reported that second quarter net sales of Escalade Sports' sporting good products rose 15.9% to $30.6 million, reflecting the inclusion of the Bear Archery acquisition for the full quarter and the “return to more normal shipping patter

Brunswick Corporation reported that net earnings increased 68.0% to $90.1 million, or 93 cents per diluted share, for the second quarter, compared with net earnings of $53.6 million, or 59 cents per diluted share, for the year-ago quarter. Net sales incr

Target Corporation has reached definitive agreements to sell its Mervyn's business unit to an investment consortium for approximately $1.65 billion in cash. In 2003, Mervyn's generated $3.6 billion in revenue and $160 million in pretax segment

Foot Locker Inc. will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Friday, July 30. Foot Locker will replace Oxford Health Plans Inc., which was removed from the Index after the close of trading on July 29. Oxford Health Plans is being acq

Sport Chalet, Inc. announced that sales for its first quarter ended June 30, 2004 increased 15.4% to $61.5 million , from $53.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Same-store sales increased 6.1% for the period.
SPCH posted net income of $245,0