Author: James Hartford

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for June 2003 were $89.6 million, an increase of 22.2% June of fiscal 2002. Company same-store sales increased 13.4% for the comparable five-week period ended July 5, 2003 with PacSun same store

Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. has signed a letter-of-intent with TSA Brand Inc. to acquire the Santa Ana, CA based company. Initial numbers provided by TSA to Aussie Apparel show sales of $1.5 million in 2002. Terms of the potential agreement were not disclo

Mossimo Inc. has apparently appealed the June 17 Arbitration Award and Judgment that was entered in Cherokee's favor by the Los Angeles Superior Court. The court reaffirmed the validity of the original finder's agreement between Cherokee Inc. a

Nordica USA has opened the doors at its new corporate headquarters in West Lebanon, NH. The inauguation day event marked the storied brand’s return to New England after a six-year absence. On hand to celebrate the June 2nd opening were Mr. Giancarlo Zan

Saks Incorporated announced that Gary Yiatchos has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing for Parisian. Yiatchos replaces Bob Ferguson, who recently retired, and reports to George Jones, President and CEO of Saks Department Store Group…

Outdoor Retailer is partnering with SGB’s Outdoor Business to be the official publisher of its Winter and Summer Market show handbooks and on site show dailies, effective with the 2004 markets. This new partnership re-establishes a strong and consistent

The Warnaco Group, Inc. announced that it has elected Sheila A. Hopkins to its Board of Directors, effective July 7, 2003. Ms. Hopkins, 47, currently serves as Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Personal Care at Colgate-Palmolive Company…

The 5th annual SGMA International Baseball/Softball Industry Meeting will be held October 2-4, 2003 at the Marriott DFW North Hotel in Irving, Texas. Sponsored by the SGMA Baseball/Softball Participation…

Billabong has appointed Royce Cansler to director of specialty retailer relations, a newly created position.
As a 35-year veteran of the surf industry, Cansler comes to this position with a solid knowledge in the specialty surf retail arena, and has been

Shawn Penrod and Pitchfork Sales will now add Utah and Western Wyoming to the current Colorado and Eastern Wyoming territory. Shawn has been killing it in Colorado and Eastern Wyoming, and Ride is certain the dealers and areas out west will only benefit

Palmer Snowboards has moved to Portland, Oregon to work with Nemo Design. Palmer marketing director Bud Fawcett has moved operations to the states in order to get the branding up to the level of their industry leading technical products…

Line Skis, LLC, will not be delivering its alpine binding to its customers for the 03-04 season. The action was made necessary due to the withdrawal of Victor Plastics, Line's binding manufacturer, from its China operations and the onset of the SARS

Ralph A. “Doc” DesRoches, 86, died peacefully on June 30, 2003, at his home on Clearwater Lake in Industry, ME. Doc served as executive vice president and CEO of Ski Industries America (now SnowSports Industries America)from 1963-1981…

Kevin Alexander, a 19-year veteran of Chick’s Sporting Goods, has joined the hartford sales group as a Sales Rep for the Greater L.A. territory. In other news, Joshua Jay was awarded the hartford sales group’s MVP award at their recent Sales Meeting. L