Collegiate Pacific Exploits New Opps…

With the acquisition of Tomark Sports at the beginning of the Year, Collegiate Pacific became a vertically integrated company, controlling everything from the manufacturing process to the distribution channels. The company is already leveraging this advan

Specialty Fitness Sees Less Profit…

Overall profitability and productivity in the specialty fitness retail market fell this year according to the NSGA cost of doing business study. Average net operating profit fell 220 basis points to 2.0% in 2003 from 4.2% in 2001. The average return on to

China Expands Share of Sporting Goods Imports in 2003…

U.S. sporting goods imports rose 4.1% to $9.375 billion in 2003 when compared to 2002 according to SGMA International’s analysis of U.S. Commerce department data. Imports have risen 36.2% since 1993.
Total footwear imports declined 1.9% for the year wh

Coastcast Turns the Ship Around

Coastcast is apparently on the way to pulling itself back into the black. The company cut its net loss down by 77.3% from $2.5 million in Q4 last year to just over $0.5 million in this years fourth quarter. Diluted loss per share for the quarter went down

Finish Line Continues to Re-Define Mall…

The Finish Line, Inc. saw total sales for its fiscal fourth quarter ended February 28 increase 30.2% to $305.3 million from $234.4 million. Comp store sales increased 19% for the quarter on top of a 10% increase reported in the year-ago period…

Retail Execs See Traffic at Record High…

The American consumer continued to shop and spend at high levels in February, according to the latest findings of the NRF Executive Opinion Survey, a monthly index by the National Retail Federation. The Retail Sector Performance Index was at 62.8%, jumpin

Burton Teams-up with OIWC and Baldface Lodge

If you've been blessed enough to go on a snowboard cat trip before, you'll immediately notice one thing – the overwhelming majority of cat trip guests are men. Burton Snowboards, the Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition (OIWC) and Baldface Lo

Muellers Finalize Crested Butte Purchase

Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, VT and operators of Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury, NH are pleased to announce that the purchase of Crested Butte Ski Resort in Colorado from the Callaway and Walton families and it subsid

Callaway Golf is Market Share Leader for 2003

According to 2003 figures released by Golf Datatech Callaway Golf continued to lead the woods market in both units sold at 18.0% and revenues earned at 24.0% and topped the irons market with 17.2% of the units sold and 26.1% of revenues. This marks the se