Spalding reports that its volleyball dollar share within the Sporting Goods channel has spiked to 35%, up from just 7% one year ago and now takes over as the category leader. The company says its strong market sahre improvement comes from a combination of
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OutDoor Sees 9% Trade Visitor Increase
OutDoor 2007, which recently took place in Friedrichshafen, Germany saw 9% increase in visitors over the previous year. The show welcomed a total of 16,900 trade visitors (2006: 15,529 trade visitors from 65 countries) from 70 countries. The 14th OutDoor
Billabong to Acquire South Africa Licensed Business
Billabong International Limited has reached in-principle an agreement to acquire its licensed business in South Africa. The business comprises a wholesale distribution channel (and associated outlet store) and small-scale manufacturing facilities. The acq
Callaway Golf Expects to Shoot the Green in Q2…
Callaway Golf Company continues to make strides away from its past troubles, largely thanks to the strength of new products. The company expects net sales for the second quarter to amount to approximately $380 million, representing an increase of approxim
Bushnell Acquired by Private-Equity Firm…
Bushnell Outdoor Products was sold from one private equity firm to another last week as MidOcean Partners acquired the optical and outdoor products firm from Wind Point Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but local papers reported the total e
Possible Port Strike Could Stymie Holiday Deliveries…
The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles currently face a strike that could send ripples throughout the sporting goods industry, causing late deliveries of fall and back-to-school product. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union threatened to hono
VF Corp. Q2 Earnings Growth Hurt by Majestic Deal and Intimates Sale…
While VF Corporation saw strong top-line growth in the Outdoor and Sportswear Coalitions as well as some acquisition-aided growth in Imagewear, the gains did not translate into bottom-line growth for the second quarter due to the divestiture of the Intima
Oakley Sees Double-Digit Growth in Q2…
Oakley, Inc. reported double-digit sales gains pretty much anyway you slice the data during the second quarter, following up on a strong start to the year and, no doubt, making new expectant parent Luxottica Group quite happy. The 29.3% top-line growth f
Orange 21 Looks to Acquire No Fear Retail Stores…
The Orange 21 Inc. board of directors is reportedly conducting preliminary discussions with No Fear Inc. regarding a possible strategic transaction involving the acquisition of No Fear Retail Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of No Fear. NFRS currently operates
Play It Again Parent Sees Merchandise Sales Jump in Q2…
Winmark Corporation, parent company to Play It Again Sports, recorded a 20.6% increase in net revenues for the second quarter to $7.6 million. Merchandise sales revenues increased 51.1% for the quarter to $1.2 million, while franchise fee revenues decreas
Nautilus Takes Hit from Weaker Retail Business…
Nautilus, Inc. tripped over its own Treadclimber in the second quarter as the only thing keeping the company out of the red on the bottom line was a settlement that went its way. That litigation settlement came from an intellectual property case involving
World Cup Comps Hassle JJB Sports in H1…
British sporting goods retailer JJB Sports plc reported declines in both net sales and comparable store sales for the fiscal first half ending July 15, 2007, due primarily to tough comparisons against last year’s FIFA World Cup. For the first half, net r
Cybex Unveils New Minnesota Manufacturing Plant…
Cybex International, Inc. has opened a new, $15 million, 340,000 square foot eco-friendly manufacturing facility in Owatonna, Minn. This facility is expected to serve projected growth and to generate significant manufacturing efficiencies over time. The
Rebel Sport NZ Parent Expects H1 Income Slide…
Rebel Sport in New Zealand’s parent company, Briscoe Group, is having a tough first half, reporting that H1 net income will be “up to 15% lower” than the NZ$12.0 million ($7.6 mm) recorded in the year-ago period…
Delta Apparel to Close Plant, Cut Jobs…
Delta Apparel Inc., parent to M.J. Soffe, plans to close an Alabama plant, cut 110 jobs, and take restructuring charges as it moves some manufacturing to Honduras. As a result, Delta slashed its Q4 earnings outlook. The company predicts earnings of betw
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