West Marine, Inc. recorded a 4.9% decrease in fourth quarter net sales to $117.8 million from $123.8 million for the year-ago period. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter decreased 3.0%. The company said several accounting issues as well as lower
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Costco Sees 7% December Comps Improvement
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $7.55 billion for the month of December, an increase of 10% from $6.84 billion in the same five-week period last year. Comparable store sales increased 7% for the month, with a 5% increase in U.S. comps..
Forzani Holiday Sales Jump on Athlete’s World Acquisition, Promotions
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported that total sales for the ten week Holiday period increased 21.3% versus the same period in 2006. Sales were buoyed by the acquired Athlete's World business as, without those sales, total retail system sales were up 14.
Ogio Adds Six Reps to Golf Sales Force
Ogio has added six new sales representatives to its Golf sales force. Tom Plungis will cover Arizona, New Mexico, and Las Vegas territories; Brian Sparrow, North and South Carolina; Mack Carneal, western and central Florida; Hunter Martin, Virginia, Delaw
Access Distribution Acquires Capix
Access Distribution has acquired the Capix brand, in the process hiring Jody Carlson as brand manager for Capix. Jody Carlson brings over 12 years of experience and knowledge in the action sports business to the new role…
Kruger Names National Sales Manager for Columbia Optics
Dan Callen has joined Kruger Optical, LLC. Callen will serve as Kruger Optical’s national sales manager for Columbia Sportswear branded optics products…
Fairway and Greene Expands Rep Team to 25
Fairway & Greene has added five new sales representatives, covering seven states, to its team. The company’s new sales representatives are: Fran Boone, the Tennessee/Kentucky region; Allison Brinks, North Carolina; Tim Jackson, South Carolina; Sue Woodsu
E-Z-GO Names VP of Engineering
E-Z-GO has appointed Ronald L. Otten as vice president, engineering. He joins E-Z-GO from Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc., where he served as director of product development and corporate quality and led the company's engineering functio
National Golf Products Adds Four to Rep Force
National Golf Products, maker of THE Golf Mat, has hired Tom Conway, Gregg Gersen, John Jenkins and Kregg Moyer as sales representatives…
Golfsmith Cuts Full Year Earnings Outlook; Sees CEO Depart
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. reported that it expects to record diluted earnings per share in the range of 13 cents to 16 cents for fiscal 2007. The currently anticipated range is well below previous guidance of 31 cents to 35 cents earnings per
Vail Promotes Three; Mountain Prez Leave for Intrawest
Vail Resorts, Inc. reported that Bill Jensen, president of Mountain Division, has departed the company for a new opportunity. To replace Jensen, John Garnsey and Blaise Carrig have been promoted to lead the company's Mountain Division. Additionally,
RECALL: Pacific Cycle Trailer Bikes
The CPSC is recalling approximately 7,000 trailer bicycles manufactered by Pacific Cycle under the names: InStep “Pathfinder,” Schwinn “Run About,” and Mongoose “Alley Cat.” The coupler connecting the children's trailer bike to the adult's bicy
Heelys Opens Office in China
Heelys, Inc. has opened its first representative office located in Qingdao, China. The new office, Heelys’ first company operation outside of the U.S., will serve multiple sourcing functions including quality control, price negotiation, logistics and prod
Zumiez Cuts Guidance on Slow December Comps Growth
Zumiez Inc. reported a 3.9% increase in same-store sales for the five-week fiscal December period. The gain comes on top of an 11.5% jump for the year-ago month. Total net sales for the month increased 15.3% to $72.0 million, compared to $62.5 million las
Lululemon Taps Starbuck’s Exec as EVP Retail Ops
Lululemon Athletica Inc. has added Christine Day to its senior leadership team as EVP, retail operations. In this newly created role, Ms. Day will oversee all of Lululemon’s retail operations in North America and on an international basis. To support the