Ibex Wins Guides Choice Award

IBEX Outdoor Clothing was awarded the American Alpine Institute (AAI) Guide's Choice Award. The award presentation took place on August 12, 2004 at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market tradeshow in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ultimate Direction Expands Sales Force

Ultimate Direction has appointed three new sales agencies and extended its Western sales representatives to endorse the worldwide brand. MJM Associates has been retained to represent the Carolina's south territory. Granite Marketing has been hired to

Outdoor Executives Gather in Oregon to Endorse Kerry

Senior executives from leading outdoor manufacturers, retailers and associations across the country gathered today to endorse Senator John Kerry for President and Senator John Edwards for Vice President. They announced their endorsement at a press confer

Callaway Will Miss Estimates; Suspends Future Guidance

Callaway Golf is suspending previously announced quarterly and annual earnings guidance in an effort to fully review the business given the appointment of its new CEO. Specifically, the company is re-evaluating the timing of new product launches and the s

Luxottica Appoints Three New Directors to Board

Luxottica Group, at the Group's Ordinary and Extraordinary Meeting held in Milan, Italy, shareholders approved the appointment of three additional directors to the Board, for a total of 12, as already provided in the Company's By-laws: Sergio Er

Retail Sector Q2 Profits Again Outpace Sales…

Industry retailers continued their momentum in building a stronger bottom line in the second quarter, again easily outpacing the growth in the sales line for the period. Even after stripping out the benefits of acquisitions and excluding the impact of in

EMS Management in Buyout Deal…

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

Manzer Leads EMS Management Team in Buyout…

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