Author: James Hartford

Keen Footwear has announced that Angel Martinez has joined the company as named president and Jim van Dine has signed on as National Sales Manager…

The Finish Line, Inc. announced the promotion of two new senior vice presidents. Michael J. Smith, age 45, has been named Senior Vice President-Loss Prevention. Mr. Timothy R. Geis, age 42, has been named Senior Vice President- Footwear…

PUMA’s strong sales growth continued during the 2003 first quarter as consolidated sales increased by 47.4% from €232.8 million to €343.2 million ($370.7 million). On a currency-neutral basis, sales were up by 57.1%. Consolidated net income rose from €2

Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced first quarter net sales increased 9% to $36.1 million versus $33.3 million in the same period last year. Net earnings for the quarter increased to $4.2 million compared to earnings before a cumulative effect of change

Johnson Outdoors sales decreased 15% to $83.3 million and operating profit declined 26% to $6.1 million compared with last year's second quarter that included the Jack Wolfskin business. Income from continuing operations increased 10% to $4.3 millio

K-Swiss Inc.reported that net earnings for the first quarter of 2003 increased 41.1% to $13.6 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, compared to the prior-year period. Total worldwide revenues increased 43.7% to $115.9 million compared with $80.7 million i

Reebok International Ltd. reported net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003 of $41 million, or $.63 per diluted share, an earnings per share increase of 9.0% when compared to Q1 last year. Net sales for the quarter were $798 million, an incr

GolfGear International has appointed three new sales reps, all veterans of the golf industry. Chris Holiday, senior vice president of sales and marketing, annonced the additions. Bill Blake will cover North Carolina, Ken Dudley will be responsible for C

Skechers USA, Inc. reported net sales for the first quarter of 2003 totaled $208.6 million compared to $244.9 million in the first quarter of 2002. Net earnings for the quarter were $8.5 million versus $20.3 million in the first quarter of the prior year.

Columbia Sportswear announced net sales of $168.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003, an increase of 17.9% over net sales of $143.3 million for the same period of 2002. COLM reported $14.9 million in net income for the quarter, a 65.6% in

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. announced Steve Kowal has been promoted to Vice President, Construction and Property Management. Mr. Kowal was previously Director of Construction and Property Management for HIBB…

Johnson Outdoors Inc. was awarded a $12 million delivery order for the production and delivery of 2,000 Modular General Purpose Tent Systems (MGPTS). The company was awarded the original MGPTS contract in September 1997 and continues to build tents and ac

Coastcast Corporation reported that the Company's board of directors voted Thursday to establish a special committee of the board to consider whether it is in the Company's best interests to remain an independent publicly-traded company, and to

Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced consolidated net sales for the first quarter of 2003 declined 20.0% to euro 704.5 million. Assuming constant exchange rates, consolidated net sales for the quarter would have declined by 6.6%. Wholesale sales declined 15