Wal-Mart February sales increased 5.6% to $17.572 billion compared to $16.639 billion last year. Comp store sales for the month increased 0.4%…
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J. C. Penney DS Comps Slip 0.2% in February
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. department store sales increased 1.6% for the four weeks ended March 3, 2007. Comparable department store sales decreased 0.2%, compared with most recent guidance for sales to be down low-single digits. Comparable department sto
Cutter and Buck Q3 Income Falls on 3% Sales Decline
Cutter & Buck Inc. fiscal third quarter sales decreased 3.2% to $30.3 million compared to 31.2 million during the third quarter last year. Net income was $300,000, a decline of 40% compared to $500,000 last year. The third quarter is seasonally low for Cu
Ross Stores February Comps Climb 1%
Ross Stores, Inc. sales increased 7% to $395 million for the four weeks ended March 3, 2007, from $368 million for the four weeks ended March 4, 2006. Comparable store sales for the month increased 1% over the same period in the prior year…
Canada Goose Hires Two New Sales Agencies
Canada Goose/Metro Sportswear Ltd. hired Cascade Associates as its sales agency in the Northwest U.S.A including Alaska and Meridian Sports Inc. as its sales agency in the Midwest U.S.A.
Yakima Unveils Carbon Neutral Initiative
Yakima unveiled “Planet Payback,” a company-wide initiative focused on offsetting the carbon footprint of all operations, products and their distribution, as well as Yakima’s field marketing team, “Road Warriors.” “Planet Payback” will launch at Canoecopi
Ahnu Inks Deal with Pale Morning Media
Ahnu Footwear will partner with Pale Morning Media LLC for national public relations support. REI supported the brand’s development and launch by providing a seed investment to support the company’s start-up costs. A unique requirement of the investment i
Snow Sports Drag Quiksilver’s Fiscal Q1 Profits Down
Quiksilver, Inc. net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 increased 2% to $552.5 million from $541.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Consolidated net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 amounted to $2.5 million compared to $1
Big 5 Q4 Earnings Climb on 4.2% Comp Increase
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation fiscal 2006 fourth quarter, net sales increased 7.1%, to $234.5 million from net sales of $218.9 million for fiscal 2005. Same store sales increased 4.2% for the fourth quarter, representing the Company's 44th consecu
Zeal to Open Boulder Office
Zeal Optics wil establish a Boulder CO area sales office. The new sales office and showroom is the first step of a multi-year growth plan to support Zeal’s expanding sales and network of sport retailers in the US and Internationally…
Genesco Q4 Income Climbs 14% on 17% Sales Gain
Genesco Inc. reported earnings before discontinued operations of $35.7 million, or $1.36 per diluted share, for the fiscal fourth quarter ended February 3, 2007, a 14.4% increase compared to $31.2 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, for the fourth quarte
CamelBak Inks Deal with Peregrine
CamelBak Products LLC, will partner with Peregrine
Outfitters to distribute its line of water bottles and bottle accessories. The agreement with Peregrine enables CamelBak to achieve broader distribution of its bottles…
Rocky Brands Swings to Net Loss in Q4
Rocky Brands, Inc. fourth quarter net sales fell 5.7% to $70.6 million versus net sales of $74.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The company reported a net loss of $100,000, or one penny per diluted share, versus net income of $2.6 million, or 46 c
SGMA: Sporting Goods Industry Hits $66 Billion
The U.S. sporting goods industry is a $66 billion business at wholesale. Its growth rate is greater than the national average, technology is at the core of product innovation, and fitness gear continues to be the number one equipment category. Those wer
K2 Fourth Quarter Sales Climb 9.9%; Income Declines on Legal Charges
K2 Inc. net sales for the fourth quarter were $388.6 million versus $353.5 million in the prior year, an increase of 9.9%. Adjusted net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was $13.4 million, or 25 cents adjusted diluted earnings per share, compared to A