Author: SGB Media

Saks Incorporated, for the four weeks ended May 29, 2004 compared to the four weeks ended May 31, 2003, total sales increased 10.6% and comparable store sales increased 9.4% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales increased 3.1% for S

The Neiman Marcus Group comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 7.0%. Comparable revenues at Neiman Marcus Direct in the four-week May period increased 15.0%…

JiBS After Sport Footwear, based in Portsmouth, NH, and illumiNITE performance apparel, based in Ashland, Ma., have selected True North Brand Group to spearhead public relations efforts.

Hundreds of organized hikes around the country will commemorate National Trails Day, many of which will draw outdoor enthusiasts to settings in some of the nation's most precious wild national forests. Environmental advocates are concerned that these

An array of issues important to the Colorado ski industry will be discussed at Colorado Ski Country USA’s 41st Annual Meeting and Forum at the St. Regis in Aspen, Colo. on Thursday, June 9- Friday, June 11, 2004.

K2 Snowboards named Johnny West as its new brand director to lead the marketing and branding programs for the company’s snowboard, boot, binding, apparel and accessories lines. He’ll oversee K2 Snowboards’ advertising, promotions, public relations, athlet

West Marine net sales for May were $82.2 million, a 10.3% increase from net sales of $74.5 million for the four-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for May increased 6.0% compared to the same period a year ago. Net sales for the twenty-one

The Sportsman's Guide has been ranked 35th on BusinessWeek's listing of 100 “Hot Growth Companies.” The list appears in the June 7, 2004 edition of the magazine. Inclusion on the list was based on a company's three-year results in sales gro

The Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A. board of directors met recently to confirm the addition of Giacomo Vaccari, who replaces Giancarlo Zanatta in the Company’s administrative body. Zanatta’s departure from Lotto has therefore been formally concluded. Zannatta,

CamelBak has promoted John Rounds to National Sales Manager of their U.S. Recreational Division. Rounds will lead an experienced sales team into a phase of continued growth for CamelBak’s recreational division. He will be responsible for managing all of

Vendor companies in the sporting goods industry continued to find new ways to spike profits in the first quarter of 2004. Even the hardlines segment is getting into the act as net income there outpaced sales growth for the first time since Q1 last year

Since the day the rumors started flying about a potential merger between Gart Sports and The Sports Authority there has been an ongoing debate about which of the two divergent personalities would be assumed by the new national sporting goods retail entity