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Rick Thornton has been named president and COO of the Stride Rite Corporation, with full general management responsibility for Keds, Sperry Top-Sider, Stride Rite Children's Group, Tommy Hilfiger Footwear, International and Sourcing. David Chamberla

adidas-Salomon will need to rely on stronger than expected sales and margin growth in Europe and solid sales growth in Asia to achieve its projected 5% currency-neutral sales growth and 10% to 15% earnings growth for the year…

Aussie Apparel Group continues to aggregate small alternative brands as it announced last week the addition of two more labels to its growing stable…

When Perry Ellis International, the Florida-based apparel company that owns Jantzen and holds licenses for Nike swimwear and Ping apparel, purchased the Salant Corporation in June, it also got another famous name of dubious distinction when it closed the

Seems like the tennis stars of yore are fed up with the monotony of the “new school” of professional tennis…

Dominic Hasek will be bringing more than his goalie mask when he returns to the Detroit Redwings after a one-year retirement that didn’t take…

The Sports Authority has filed papers twice in the last few weeks with the Florida state Agency for Workforce Innovation outlining their plans for workforce terminations at their Lauderdale Lakes facility. The filings indicate that close to 500 people wi

Footstar is Looking for a Bit of the Nike Magic that is driving much of the Finish Line growth to rub off on its Athletic Division after reporting that comparable store sales for the company’s second quarter ended June 28, 2003 declined 2.2%. The athleti

Galyan’s Saw Shares Fall 18% for the Week to close at $11.49 on Friday after the retailer warned on Wednesday that second quarter earnings would suffer from comp store sales that are now seen in the –8% to –10% range. The street jumped on the news with n

Shoe Carnival Shares Were Off 5.8% after the retailer warned that lower traffic in the stores would push sales lower than expected for the second quarter and warned that earnings are now expected to be in the range of 10 cents to 13 cents per diluted shar

Nautica reported net sales for the first quarter ended May 31, 2003 increased 10.6% to $139.2 million compared with $125.9 million in the first quarter last year. Sales in the wholesale segment grew 12.4% to $107.1 million compared with $95.3 million in t