Author: SGB Media

K-Swiss management feels they are heading into one of their cyclical business troughs, a situation the company feels they can handle as they have before. This time it looks as though the pullback at Foot Locker is having a profound impact on both sales a

Sport Chalet, the SoCal-based retailer that has built a business on a strong commitment to SnowSports, Outdoor, SCUBA, and other performance sports, has made the move to capture more of the team sports business. The retailer has acquired Bassco Sporting

Cabela’s saw a securitization transaction involving their credit card receivables impact their Financial Services segment’s' securitization income by roughly $2.0 million after tax, or three cents per diluted share, in the second quarter ended July 3

As anticipated, Russell Corporation got a nice lift in Q2 from the sale of its minority position in Marmot Mountain, adding about $4 million, or roughly 8.5 cents per share, to the bottom line in the quarter. Excluding the gain, RML would have still seen

Escalade, Inc. relied heavily on its sporting goods division to help post a sales gain in the second quarter, but the net income increase produced by Escalade Sports in Q2 wasn’t enough to keep the company in the black…

After announcing that it would be closing its El Progreso, Honduras, sewing facility (see SEW_0430), Gildan Activewear has responded to the Fair Labor Association’s independent audit of the facility. The audit brought up several deficiencies, but did not

Dick's Sporting Goods completed its $362 million acquisition of Galyan's on Thursday via a deal structured as a merger. With the 48 Galyans doors, Dick’s now has 221 stores in 32 states which had combined sales of about $2.2 billion in the last

Rocky Shoes & Boots benefited not only from their latest military deal, but also from the company’s focused expansion of products in footwear, apparel and Gates gloves throughout the quarter. Overall, Rocky posted a 25.5% sales increase to $27.4 million i

In a deal that has been in the works for several months now, Apax Partners finalized its acquisition of Spyder Active Sports in a transaction valued at approximately $100 million, including assumption of debt. Apax is one of the largest private equity fu

Johnson Outdoors continued its reliance on Military and Marine Electronics through the third quarter, although some important new programs are being implemented to bring the rest of the company back to higher levels of performance. Total company net sales

Climb High, the U.S. distributor of the Mammut, Raichle, Ajungilak and ToKo brands, continued to see impressive growth for the Mammut brand in the second quarter. After posting a 36% increase in revenue for Mammut in the first quarter of 2004, CEO Bill S