In other news from Nike, the company has extended its partnership with another major soccer icon as it inked a long-term apparel manufacturing deal with London soccer club Arsenal. The seven-year deal, reportedly worth £55 million ($88.5 million), will r
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Marmot Mountain Ltd. Made two big announcements…
Marmot Mountain Ltd. made two big announcements the week before the OR show. First they were awarded the 2003 American Mountain Guides Association Industry award. Tom Fritz, Marmot VP of Marketing, will accept the award from Mike Alkaitis, Executive direc
Former CGA Board Members Respond To New Climbing Gym Challenges…
A woman died last month in Missouri after a fall from a portable climbing wall. The accident, seen as the first fatality in the history of the climbing gyms in the U.S., occurred during a changing of the guard within the industry, during a time when a nu
Specialty Quick Hits
There’s more good news for snow sports; Bogner and Phenix are teaming up; After failing to get EPA approval on its BugAway Ex Officio and Orvis Filanny Get It Right…; Crank Brothers beefs up its U.S., European, and Canadian Distribution; Transcend re-la
Build It And They Will Come
We all remember the day when every suburban kid was walking to class wearing a Mountain-light Jacket. It was a $300 2-ply Gore-Tex fashion statement, and the outdoor specialty shops couldn’t order them fast enough. I remember re-stocking North Face Jack
Outdoor Industry Vets Found New Sourcing Company
Two prominent veterans in the outdoor and active apparel industry, Jim Heiden and Mike Costa, announced today that they have joined forces to launch InterSource LLC, an international sourcing company specializing in knits and woven apparel…
Grivel Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
Grivel has obtained ISO 14001 certification by the International Organization of Standardization. The certification acknowledges Grivel as a business in compliance with internationally established environmental regulations, and is valid for the 'desi
AAI gives Atlas Guides Choice Award…
Atlas Snowshoe Company received the American Alpine Institute's 2003 “Guides Choice” Award for both its men's and women's snowshoes..
The Bon-Ton Announces July and Second Quarter Sales
The Bon-Ton Stores announced comparable store sales for the four weeks ended August 2, 2003 increased 0.1%. Total sales for the month decreased 0.5% to $38.9 million versus $39.1 million reported for the same period last year.
For the second quarter, tota
Goody’s Q2 Comp Store Sales Up 0.9%
Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for July incrase 2.4% to $92.3 million and comparable store sales inched up 0.9% versus the year-ago July period…
Gottschalks July Comps Inch Up 0.1%
Gottschalks announced that July 2003 same store sales increased 0.1% from the prior year. Total sales decreased 2.8% to $42.0 million from $43.2 million in July 2002…
U.S. Ski Areas Break Visits Record in Latest Season
According to the recently-released final 2002/03 Kottke End-of-Season Survey, U.S. ski areas tallied a record 57.6 million skier/snowboarder visits last season. The results post a 0.45% increase over the previous 57.3 million-visit record set in the 2000
Stein Mart July Comps Down 6.2%
Stein Mart announced net sales and comparable store sales.Total sales for the four-week July period were $80.5 million, a 2.2 % decrease from the $82.3 million in sales for the same period in 2002. Comparable store sales for July decreased 6.2 % from 2002
Wal-Mart July Comps Climb 4.6%
Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the four-week period ending August 1, 2003, of $18.630 billion, an increase of 11.9 % over $16.655 billion in '02. July Comps rose 4.6% compared to an increase of 4.5% last year…
JC Penney Reports Rising July Comps
J. C. Penney Company reported that comparable department store sales increased 3.7 % for the four weeks ended July 26, 2003. Total Sales for the month were $2.2 billion. Total drugstore sales increased 3.4 %. Comparable drugstore sales increased 0.1 % wit
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