Author: James Hartford

Escalade Sports, a wholly owned subsidiary of Escalade, Inc., announced its union employees have ratified a new three-year labor agreement at its Evansville manufacturing facility. The successful negotiation of this agreement ensures there will be no disr

Sports shoe giant Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd on Friday announced it has bought a 73% stake in sportswear and casualwear maker Pro Kingtex Industrial Co Ltd. The deal is reportedly worth $3.8 million…

U.K. retailer JD Sports revealed a boardroom reshuffle as it revealed “disappointing” set of financial figures. Co-founder John Wardle will move from executive chairman to executive deputy chairman, to be replaced by former Reebok executive Roger Best.

Russell Corporation reported fiscal 2003 first quarter net sales of $228.0 million, a 6% increase over the comparable period last year. The company also reported earnings per diluted share of $.11, a 38% increase over the comparable period last year, whi

Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has further restructured management at its newly formed Golf & Racquet Sports division. Wilson parent Amer Group announced changes earlier in the week that saw the Golf & Racquet Sports division emerge as a separate operating un

Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. announced that it has engaged NRI Distribution Inc. of Kamloops, British Columbia to handle the distribution of Aussie Apparel's Hot Tuna and Xisle brands in Canada. Aussie Apparel also announced that it has hired two new s

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the four weeks ended April 26, 2003 were $60.0 million, a 14.0% increase from net sales of $52.7 million for the same period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the four weeks ended April 26, 2003 decre

Suzy Biszantz, President of Greg Norman Collection, announced the appointment of Tony Wilkinson to General Manager for the UK and Europe, responsible for the Greg Norman Collection and Reebok Golf…

Footstar, Inc. said Wednesday that it would not file its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2002 by April 30, 2003, as previously expected, because its financial statements continue to be under review by the company's external auditors,