Retail Ventures Posts 2.2% November Comp Gain

Retail Ventures total sales for the four weeks ended
November 29, 2003, increased 6.7% to $254.0 million from $238.1 million for the four weeks ended November 30, 2002. The company's same store sales increased 2.2% for the four week period…

November Comps Fall 4.7% at Stein Mart

Stein Mart announced total sales for the four-week November period were $137.0 million, a 4.6 % decrease from the $143.6 million in sales for the same period in 2002.
Comparable store sales for November decreased 4.7 % from 2002 to 2003…

Gore Sponsors SIA’s Winter Trails Day

W.L. Gore & Associates has signed on as a national sponsor of SnowSports Industries America's Winter Trails Day January 17, 2004, a free national program that introduces the public to snowshoeing…

Sims Hires New Design Director Matt Hexemer

Following six successful years as partner/design director at the industrial design firm “Generator Design Solutions Inc.” Matt Hexemer has accepted the position of Design Director with Sims Snowboards. “Matt has provided the
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Johnson Outdoors Appoints New Diving Head

Johnson Outdoors has appointed Joseph B. Stella to head its $78 million global diving business. As Group Vice President – Global Diving, Stella will be responsible for development and growth of the Company's well-known Scubapro and Uwatec brands worl

Garmont to Distribute Silvretta In NA

Garmont North America will be the North American distributor of Silvretta free-ride and ski mountaineering bindings starting January 2004. According to John Schweizer, president of Garmont North America, “Silvretta was looking for a strong partner to lau

Epstein Surprises Industry with SBI Exit

Following the creation of Sport Brands International (SBI) in June of this year, and the purchase of Fila Worldwide, Inc., Jon Epstein is leaving the company effective December 1, 2003. Mr. Epstein cited personal reasons for his decision…

Vendors See Upside from Healthy Retail Market…

Tighter inventories and stronger retail sales have led to improving margins for industry apparel and footwear vendors while the hardlines companies continued to lag the total industry numbers for the third quarter ended September. For those companies not

K2, Inc. Asks Neighbor to Move In…

K2 Inc. is expanding faster than waistlines during the holidays as the sporting goods industry’s leading brand aggregator looked just up the street for an appetizer to hold them over until their next big deal. The company on Wednesday announced that it w

Let’s Hope the Season Can Live Up to All the Hype…

While analysts are debating whether or not this Christmas will be a blockbuster year, the American consumer is speaking out and saying that they are ready to spend. Through a flurry of early holiday polls, customers have told retailers that they are going

Court Wants to Hear More in Airwalk Bankruptcy Case…

Airwalk’s banker and parent company came up short last week in their bid to have a stay lifted that has so far stymied the parent’s plan to buy the now-bankrupt shoe company out of foreclosure. Congress Financial Corporation, Airwalk International’s seni

NRF Report Sees Retail Execs Waver…

The latest Executive Opinion Survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. (BTM) indicates that retail executives have backed off of their enthusiastic outlook for demand at retail…