GoLite appoints Kevin Volz as Customer Service Manager

GoLite announced that Kevin Volz has joined its Boulder, Colorado headquarters staff as Customer Service Manager. Volz brings over 15 years of outdoor retail experience to GoLite, the past nine of which he served as Manager of the Eastern Mountain Sports

NYSE Suspends Trading of Footstar Shares

The New York Stock Exchange announced today that it determined that the common stock of Footstar Inc. – ticker symbol FTS – should be suspended immediately. Application to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the issue is pending the completio

Nike Sees U.S. Strengthening Across the Board…

Nike, Inc. blew past analysts’ EPS estimates for their fiscal second quarter ended November 30, besting the prognosticators by 8% to 11% by posting earnings of 66 cents per diluted share on much better margins, benefits from currency exchange rates and im

Collegiate Pacific to Acquire Kesslers…

Kesslers Team Sports of Richmond, IN, the nation's largest independent team sporting goods distributor with annual revenues exceeding $30 million will join the Collegiate Pacific stable. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in early 2004, w

Quiksilver Rolls Despite Tough Department Store Business…

Quiksilver, Inc. continued to roll toward their goal of becoming a true global brand as they beat external and internal EPS estimates for the eighth quarter in a row. The company’s march to become the first billion dollar beach/surf lifestyle brand shoul

Callaway Dominates Ashworth Growth …

Ashworth, Inc. reported fiscal fourth quarter net revenue for the company’s domestic segment increased 8.6% to $27.7 million from $25.5 million in the year-ago period. The international segment increased 15.4% to $4.5 million from $3.9 million. Full year

The Free Trade (Dis) Agreements…

Two separate trade agreements have been making news lately, the ten year old North American Trade Agreement and the brand new Central American Free Trade Agreement. Both treaties are said to strip away barriers to trade, eliminate tariffs, open markets, a

Vail Resorts Hit with Record Verdict…

A jury awarded $17.5 million in compensatory damages to Joette Williams and her deceased husband’s family. The couple suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning in August of 2001 at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming resort owned by Vail Resorts. Joette Williams surviv

Vans Looks to Girl’s Biz for Growth…

Vans was bleeding red ink in fiscal Q2 regardless if they include the troubled skatepark business in their GAAP results or when look at their continuing “base business” that excludes the five skateparks that will close this year. The company appeared to

Blades Files for Chapter 11 Protection…

Based on court papers obtained by Sports Executive Weekly, it appears that Blades Board and Skate, the 14-store action sports chain based in New Jersey, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on December 4 due to an injunctive order obtained just days

Under Armour on the Move…

Under Armour Performance Apparel is moving their manufacturing facility, but is bucking the trend of companies moving off-shore as it makes the shift to a neighboring county instead. Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County in Maryland have reportedly be

Callaway Sees Top-Flite Drag in 2004…

Callaway Golf Company announced that sales and earnings estimates for 2003 will be in line with previous estimates and will include about $25 million in pre-tax integration costs that are expected to put diluted earnings per share in the 65 cents to 67 ce

Brown Takes on Bass; Diane Sullivan Appointed President…

The deal that will see Brown Shoe Company acquire the license for wholesale footwear for the Bass brand from Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will have far-reaching implications for the storied brand’s hometown in Maine and bring the long-time footwear executive