Implus Footcare, LLC, acquired YAKTRAX snow and ice traction devices. Total Implus revenue with the new brand is projected to approach $70 million for fiscal year 2006. Steve Couder, National Sales Manager for YAKTRAX, will continue to lead sales for the
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Nautilus Acquires Universal Fitness in Asset Auction
Nautilus, Inc. acquired the Universal brand of fitness equipment at an auction of assets for $2.31 million. Universal Gym Equipment was formed in 1957 and became a brand of single- and multi-station weight training, and cardiovascular equipment, for comm
Dick’s Sporting Goods Increases Guidance on Double Digit Sales and Earning Gains
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. first quarter net income increased 30% to $11.4 million and earnings per share increased 31% to 21 cents, as compared to prior year proforma net income of $8.8 million, or 16 cents per share. Net sales for the quarter incr
Outdor University Continues Momentum in Northeast
Attendees put trail shoes to the ultimate mud test at the first Northeastern Outdoor University held May 9-11 in Becket, MA. Despite the cold and wet weather, the retail education program secured a foothold in the Northeast/ Mid Atlantic with this success
Panoptx Founder Joins His own Board
Panoptx Eyewear appointed Panoptx founder Dr. Rudy Kopfer to its board of directors. This appointment is effective immediately. A maxillofacial surgeon with 32 years of experience, Dr. Kopfer utilized his expertise to design eyewear that has the performa
Escalade Sports Acquires Carolina Archery Products
Escalade, Incorporated's wholly owned subsidiary, Escalade Sports, acquired substantially all of the assets of Carolina Archery Products. Carolina Archery Products is based in Hillsborough, North Carolina and is best known for its patented Whisker Bi
NSGA: Exercise Walking is #1 Sport in U.S.
Exercise walking, which experienced 1.5% growth in 2005, remains the No. 1 participation activity surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), a position it has held since 1990. Data contained in NSGA’s annual “Sports Participation – Series
Golfsmith Halves Q1 Loss on 12% Comps
Golfsmith first quarter net revenues increased by $10.8 million, or 17.0%, to $74.8 million from $64.0 million in 2005. The increase was mostly comprised of a $5.2 million, or 12.3% increase in comparable store revenues and an increase in non-comparable
USFS Launches Junior Conservation Program
Department of Agriculture Forest Service launched its new and improved Junior Forest Ranger (JFR) program by
enrolling nearly 100 fifth-grade students from Denver's Ellis Elementary School into the conservation education program.
Thule Launches New Ad Campaign
Thule is launching an integrated marketing campaign this spring that focuses on the Road Trip. The theme will run through a print and outdoor advertising campaign, a dedicated website, www.thuleroadtrip.com, and all of Thule’s 2006 consumer catalogs and
Nike Opens Factory Stores in Arizona and Texas
Nike, Inc. announced the official opening of its Nike Factory Store at the Arizona Mills Outlet Mall in Tempe, AZ and the official opening of its Nike Factory Store at Grapevine Mills in Grapevine, Texas…
NSGA: West South Central Sporting Goods Sales Grow 37%
In the West South Central states – AR, LA, OK, TX, overall sporting goods store sales grew 37% from the 1997 Census versus total U.S. growth of 23.5%. Sales for 2002 in the West South Central states reached $2.43 billion. Of that amount, $1.58 billion mov
NSGA: March Sporting Goods Sales Climb 18%
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey, prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, reported sales in sporting goods stores of $2.87 billion preliminary for the most recent reporting month of March, up 18.2% from the $2.43 billion in March 2005. The increase follows a 1
Phoenix Footwear Sales Increase 52.8%; Income Doubles
Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. net sales for the first quarter increased 52.8% to $40.3 million, compared to $26.4 million for 2005. Organic growth was 7.3%. This reflects a 29.0% increase in Royal Robbins, a 16.2% increase in H.S. Trask, and a 5.4% increas
Small Business Health Care Blocked in Senate
The National Federation of Independent Business is reporting that a key vote in the U.S. Senate on S. 1955, “The Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006,” garnered a 55-vote majority but not the 60 votes necessary to proce
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