Highgear recently announced the appointment of KZW rep group to cover the Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky territory. Veterans of the outdoor and sporting goods industries, KZW has over 50 years sales rep experience…
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Cabela’s to Open New Arizona Superstore
Cabela's is in negotiations to build one of its large-format destination retail stores on a 28.6 acre site near Cardinals Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Plans call for the 160,000-square-foot outdoor gear superstore to be open by late 2006 or early 20
Quiksilver Second Quarter Income Jumps 25% with 32% Sales Gain
Quiksilver's consolidated net revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 increased 32% to $426.9 million as compared to fiscal 2004 second quarter consolidated net revenues of $322.6 million. Consolidated net income for the second quarter of fisc
Lotto 2004 Sales Increase Slightly in Challenging Environment
Sales of Lotto brand products around the world ended 2004 at €256 million ($318.4 mm), up slightly from the sales figures posted in 2003 of €255 million ($336.8 mm). The Mediterranean area gave the strongest performance in terms of proportion of sales: th
Conservation Aliance Launches New Phase with Money from Keen Grant
Sixteen years ago, a group of outdoor business leaders began the Conservation Alliance. Since then, the Alliance has grown into a unique funding source for grassroots conservation groups as the only environmental grantmaker whose funds come from the non-m
Patagonia and Merrell Ink Licensing Agreement
Patagonia and Wolverine World Wide's Merrell footwear brand have entered into a long-term global license agreement to produce Patagonia footwear. The first product line is expected at retail in spring 2007. Under the agreement, Merrell will design, m
Scott Kaier Joins Pale Morning Media
After months of courtship and waffling, Pale Morning Media LLC is pleased to announce the arrival of Scott Kaier as a full-time staff addition. A veteran of the outdoor retailing arena with more than eight years of floor and management experience, Kaier b
Deckers Cuts Q2 Earnings Guidance in Half
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has revised its sales and earnings guidance for the second quarter and full fiscal year 2005. For the second quarter Deckers now expects to report net sales in the range of $38 million to $39 million and diluted earnings per sh
Tim Maloney Sales Named Schutt Sports’ Agency of the Year
Schutt Sports is pleased to announce the recipients of their 2004 annual sales agency awards. The winners were officially announced at Schutt’s Spring Sales Meeting in St. Louis. Leading the way as the Agency of the Year for 2004 is Tim Maloney Sales. M
Shoe Carnival Ups Q2 Guidance on 7.1% Comp Sales Increase
Shoe Carnival sales for the four-week period ended May 28, 2005 increased 11.5% to $48.0 million from sales of $43.1 million for the four-week period ended May 29, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 7.1% in May. Based on the strength of May sales, the
The Buckle’s May Comps Climb 8.6%
The Buckle announced that sales for the four-week period ended May 28, 2005 increased 12.7% to $30.8 million from sales of $27.3 million in the corresponding four-week period ended May 29, 2004. Comparable store sales, for stores open at least one year, f
May Comps Up 5% at Costco
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $4.11 billion for the four weeks ended May 29, 2005, an increase of 8% from $3.80 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. May Comparable Store sales increased 5%…
Stein Mart May Comps Inch Up 0.4%
Stein Mart sales during the month of May increased 2.6% to $117.9 million compared to $114.8 million. Comparable store sales for the same period increased 0.4%…
The Bon-Ton May Comps Fall 6.1%
The Bon-Ton Stores total sales for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005 decreased 6.5% to $89.0 million compared to $95.1 million for the same period last year. Comparable store sales decreased 6.1%…
Dillards May Comps Increase 1%
Dillard's sales for the four weeks ended May 28, 2005 were $519.0 million compared to sales for the four weeks ended May 29, 2004 of $511.4 million. Sales increased 1% for the four-week period on both a total and comparable store basis.
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