Author: James Hartford

Kmart Holding Corporation has announced that Paul Guyardo has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to Julian C. Day, President and Chief Executive Officer. He will be responsible for Marketing, Advertising, Promo

Big Dog Holdings, Inc. has completed the acquisition of The Walking Company effective March 3 for cash, debt and equity securities totaling approximately $19 million. The Walking Company will be operated as a subsidiary of Big Dog Holdings, Inc…

Collegiate Pacific has launched a new business unit from within its newly acquired west coast subsidiary – Tomark Sports. The new unit will focus exclusively on new school and park construction projects in the state of California. California represents mo

Kellwood Company reported sales from continuing operations for the fourth quarter ended January 31 were flat with prior year at $521 million. Fourth quarter net earnings from continuing operations were up 33% to $12.8 million, or 46 cents per diluted sha

In an effort to strengthen and refocus its athletic footwear business, Footstar, Inc. on Friday announced it intends to close in the near term approximately 165 underperforming stores, including all of its 88 Just For Feet stores and 77 of its 429 Footact

Kohl's Corporation has announced the resignation of Rick Leto, executive vice president/general merchandise manager of Apparel and Accessories. On an interim basis, the Apparel and Accessories and Product Development functions will report directly t

A full list of Just for Feet and Footaction stores to be closed…

The Timberland Company announced that members of the Swartz family and The Swartz Foundation have entered into an agreement to sell 3,261,221 shares of Timberland Class A Common Stock in an underwritten offering through Morgan Stanley…

K-Swiss Inc. has replaced its existing distributor in Japan and signed a three-year distribution and trademark license agreement with MoonStar Chemical Corporation, a 130-year-old footwear distributor based in Kurume, Japan. The agreement expires in June

Foot Locker, Inc. reported income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter ended January 31, 2004 increased 48% to $71 million, or 47 cents per share, compared with $48 million, or 33 cents per share, last year. Sales for this year's fourth

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that net income for the fourth quarter increased 48% to $34.3 million, or 43 cents per diluted share, compared to $23.2 million, or 31 per diluted share, for fiscal Q4 2002. Total sales for Q4 ended January 31,

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of February of fiscal 2004 were $67.7 million, an increase of 26.8% over total sales of $53.4 million for the four weeks of February of fiscal 2003. Company same store sales i