Kohl’s October Comps Climb 6%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004 increased 16.4% over the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 6.0%…

October Comps Inch-up 1.9% at Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues increased 1.9 percent for the four weeks ended Oct. 30, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.90 billion for the four-week period in October 2004, up 0.1 percent compared with the four weeks

Bill King Joins Lowa’s Sales Team

Bill King is the newest member of LOWA’s sales team since joining the Pennsylvania-based Chinook LLC sales group, headed by Ben Tindall. In his new position, Bill will handle sales and marketing efforts for LOWA in upstate New York and assist Ben’s team b

Mountainsmith Inks Deal with Tri-marketing Group

Texas-based Tri-Marketing Group has joined Mountainsmith as the new sales and marketing organization for Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Tri-Marketing Group partners, Tim Goodwin and Greg Allen, are supported by a competent and professio

REACTOR Signs Deal with Hayter Communications

REACTOR Watch has named Hayter Communications the company’s agency of record to drive the growing brand’s national public relations efforts. REACTOR was launched in 2003 by Jimmy Olmes, the co-founder and former owner of Freestyle watches. He intends to g

Cascade Designs Wins Silver for POP Display

Cascade Designs won the Silver Medal for its MSR MIOX point-of-purchase display in the “Design of the Times” competition at the recent P-O-P Times trade show in Chicago. The annual competition is sponsored by the In-Store Marketing Institute and draws sev

Exel Opens New N.A. Subsidiary

Exel oyj of Finland is opening a new North American subsidiary based in Georgia, Vermont. The new operation will support Exel's existing cross-country ski business in the U.S. and Canada and will serve as the North American headquarters for other Nor

Suunto and FIS Cooperate to Provide More Data to Viewers

Suunto and FIS, International Ski Federation, will co-operate to provide new performance measurement data to TV audiences. TV viewers will see precise information on cross-country skiers with the help of Suunto t6 wristop computers and wireless sensors fr

Thule AB Switches Hands for a Huge Premium…

The auction for Thule has come to an end with British buyout shop Candover winning out as the brand’s new owner. EQT Partners, Thule’s former owner, opted to offer the company up for sale instead of conducting an initial public offering on the Stockholm

Dana Moves Under Marmot’s Umbrella…

Dana Design will relocate in November from Vashon Island, WA, and operate under K2’s Marmot division in Santa Rosa, CA. Zac West, Dana’s head designer and product manager, will continue in that capacity for the Dana brand, focusing on the development of l