VF Corporation announced better than anticipated results for the first quarter. Q1 sales rose 15%, to $1,432.7 million from $1,250.0 million in the prior year's first quarter. Net income increased 13% to $103.9 million from $92.1 million, with earnin
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Filmar Acquires Merkeley
Filmar Corporation executives (manufactures of Bula headwear) signed the final papers for the purchase of Merkley Headgear. Although celebrating its third decade as an authentic brand in the ski resort headwear marketplace, Merkley was recently facing fin
Lavin Joins Outside Magazine’s Sales Team
Outside magazine has added Terry Lavin to the sales team as account manager. Terry will join the magazine's New York-based staff and report to the Eastern advertising director, Skip Gilbert…
Optimer Promotes Karen Deniz to President of EU Division
Wilmington-based Optimer Performance Fibers has promoted Karen Deniz to president of their European division from vice president of marketing. Deniz will also continue to oversee marketing for Optimer…
Luxottica Q1 Sales Rise 7.9%
Luxottica Group S.p.A. announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Net sales for the quarter improved by 7.9% to €760.4 million ($949.9 mm). Operating income for the quarter improved 7.9% to €120.1 million ($150.0 mm). Consequently, the operat
Puma Market Cap Breaks the $4.0 Billion Mark…
PUMA AG rode the market even higher last week, with company shares more than doubling in the past year. Shares peaked last week at €212.70 before closing at €210.90, up 6.8% for the week and up more than 46% since the first of the year. The company’s m
Foot Locker Wins Footaction’s Hand…
The U.S. Bankruptcy court last week weighed arguments from Footstar, Inc. and the lawyers representing the Unsecured Creditor’s Committee regarding competing bids for the assets of the company’s remaining Footaction stores. Footstar was urging the Court
Timberland Jumps on Strong Q1 Gains…
Analysts appeared to have a different take on Timberland’s first quarter results and future outlook, but those looking at the company in a more positive light gave the company a boost on the street as TBL shares hit a three-year high for the week, closing
Reebok Takes a Step Back in First Quarter; Shares Slide on Flat Earnings…
Shares of Reebok International stock fell 9.1% for the week to close at $38.40 on Friday after the company pointed to a tough International business, bankruptcies at Footstar and a large Italian retailer, slower basketball and walking sales, and a branded
Former JFF Execs Enter Guilty Pleas…
Don Ruttenberg, former EVP of Just for Feet and son of the retailer’s founder, entered his guilty plea Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and submitting and making false statements to the retailer’s auditors. Seven
Oakley Sees Health in New Sunglass Models Again; Apparel Showing Strength…
Oakley saw its third straight quarter of earnings growth and is looking at improved sell-through trends of new sunglass styles and lower inventories at Sunglass Hut as the basis for an upward revision of its sales and earnings guidance for the year…
K2 Inc. Adds Two More Brands to Stable; Focuses on Market Share Gains…
K2 Inc. sees flat markets in all of its product categories with the exception of paintball, forcing the company to fight a market share battle for most of its acquired brands while squeezing out incremental profits through its own manufacturing capabiliti
Wolverine Sees Upside Across All Brands in First Quarter…
Wolverine World Wide is tapping into the FX rate upside of the European market in its Merrell business while it repositions Sebago and Hush Puppy for accelerated growth. WWW saw revenues for the first quarter increase 17.4% to $224.9 million from $191.5
SIA: Specialty Retailers Continue to See Price Deflation…
SIA released its second-to-last retail audit, which measures key product sales at specialty and chain stores through the end of February 2004. Overall sales for the entire winter sport market increased slightly by 1.4% in dollars to $2.06 billion for Aug
Take a Gander at this IPO…
Gander Mountain came out strong in its Initial Public Offering last week, posting a share price increase of nearly 51% for the week to close at $24.10 on Friday. The IPO was priced at $16 on Wednesday and raised $91.6 million before fees and will clear $