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Cutter & Buck took a big hit in the Golf specialty channel in their fiscal first quarter ended July 31, but pointed to new moves being made to reverse the declining trend. Jim Grundberg, who held product marketing positions at both Callaway and TaylorMade

Over the past few years, EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a CEO or GMM, but the company still produced respectable results with an estimated $180 million in sales in 2003. Late last year, Will Manzer came on-board as the com

At first glance the Ashworth bottom line numbers for their fiscal third quarter ended July 31 would have you concerned about the health of the business. However, a $3.0 million pre-tax charge related to a tentative settlement of a five-year-old securitie

G-III fought a slowing sport fashion market and finished their fiscal 2005 Q2 with a net loss of $1.7 million, or a loss of 23 cents per share, compared to net income of $2.7 million or 37 cents per share in theyear-ago period…

The Forzani Group Ltd. saw flat operating earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended August 1 on lower sales and improved margins resulting from cleaner inventories, more closeout sales, and sales from private label products…

Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, also spent some time with investors at the Goldman Sachs conference, again reiterating that the retailer will continue its goal of achieving 15% of total sales coming from private label. Stack see

For years Eastern Mountain Sports has been quietly doing business through its 84 stores in the Northeast and Colorado, in fact some would argue, almost too quietly. Over the past few years EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a

Representatives from the National Wildlife Federation, Colorado Government, The Central Wilderness Coalition and Outdoor Industry Association all gathered in Denver this past week to voice concerns about the changes in the roadless policies in federal for

The Forzani Group Ltd. saw flat operating earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended August 1 on lower sales and improved margins resulting from cleaner inventories, more closeout sales, and sales from private label products…

Tim Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear, presented his company’s business plan and future strategies at the 11th Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retail Conference held in New York City. Boyle opened with a bit of a history lesson, explaining the e

Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, also spent some time with investors at the Goldman Sachs conference, again reiterating that the retailer will continue its goal of achieving 15% of total sales coming from private label. Stack sees the

A former Vans executive, Scott Brabson, and a Former Columbia Sportswear executive who was consulting for Vans, Jay Rosendahl, are facing a 13-count federal indictment for bribery, money laundering, and mail & wire fraud. The pair allegedly worked togethe

In November of 2002 Kim Walker and Mike Callas took the final step after years of preparation and opened a new outdoor store on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO. Downtown Boulder already sported over a dozen sporting goods and outdoor stores, but just

Cabot Hosiery Mills has created the Darn Tough Vermont brand of All Weather Performance Socks. Cabot Hosiery Mills, with manufacturing facilities and offices located in Northern Vermont, is a family owned business that has over three generations of sock m

Foot Locker has inked a partnership with Everlast as the official retailer for the upcoming NBC series, “The Contender,” a new unscripted drama created by Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks…