Author: SGB Media

Earnings season quickly turned to warnings season last week as a couple of retailers sounded warning bells on second quarter performance based a few issues that should not come as much of a surprise to anyone…

Deckers beat all analyst expectations in the second quarter of 2004, exceeding the upper end of previously issued guidance by roughly 17%, while diluted earnings per share were 26.5% above company expectations…

Callaway Golf Company pulled the trigger last week to defend its market share position in Woods, lowering prices on the category by an average of 24%, effective immediately. The move comes as the company attempts to clean out inventory in the category af

In uncharacteristic fashion, ASICS America Corp. last week reported that sales for the first half of 2004 increased 9.5% to $111.1 million versus the first half of 2003. Footwear sales outpaced total sales, increasing 11.2% for H1…

In a story that probably would have been front page news a decade ago, Russell Corporation has purchased the assets of Huffy Sports Company, the division of Huffy Corp. that is primarily known for its basketball backboard business, but also does about 20%

K2 continued its trend of double digit sales increases fueled by acquisitions and, with one exception, strong organic growth among its core brands…

The acquisitions of Nautica, Vans, Kipling, and Napapiji added $126 million to the top line for VF Corporation, but it was another exceptional quarter for The North Face that helped establish the company’s Outdoor Coalition as the darling of the corporati

Despite warnings from retailers and downgrades from analysts, Reebok appears to be convinced that their Licensed Apparel business is going to be okay. Even with sales and backlog slowing for the category and the company, they have little choice but to ke