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Payless Sees Newly Hired COO Depart

May 29, 2007 SGB Update

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. announced in a filing with the SEC that EVP and COO William E. May resigned from the company for personal reasons. May started working with Payless on April 23, just over one month ago, after serving in the same role for Tween Bra

Dunning Golf Adds Rep for Michigan

May 29, 2007 SGB Update

Dunning Golf has hired Tim Grombala as sales representative for Michigan. An industry veteran with more than 13 years of experience for brands such as Ahead, Bolle, Bushnell Sports Optics, Garb and Serengeti, Grombala is tasked with growing Dunning Golf’s

Perry Ellis Signs Footwear Licenses with ACI Int’l

May 29, 2007 SGB Update

Perry Ellis International has entered into new licensing agreements with ACI International Inc. to design, manufacture and distribute dress, and casual athletic footwear for the Perry Ellis and Perry Ellis Portfolio brands and to design, manufacture and d

Foot Locker Takes Q1 Hit from Weaker U.S. Stores; Sees Fall Rebound…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

Foot Locker, Inc. took a hit to the bottom line in the first quarter, but the world’s-largest-athletic-footwear-retailer is moving quickly to make the adjustments in the business that will help it right-size inventories and increase earnings in the second

Gander Sees Improvements to Q1 Bottom Line…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

While Gander Mountain was still unable to post a profit in the first quarter of 2007, the rapidly expanding outdoor retail chain was able to improve its bottom line results for the first time since becoming a public company. This quarter is the first time

Dick’s Sporting Goods Surprises Wall Street with Strong First Quarter…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

Dick’s Sporting Goods was able to pull off a strong enough first quarter to hit the high end of its guidance in spite of a “very challenging retail environment” this spring. While some of the increase in the top line was spurred by the inclusion of Golf G

Pacific Sunwear Sees Margin Pressure in April…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. 2007 had a small ray of sunshine fall on its first quarter results as the company’s PacSun concept posted a slight quarter comp sales results. This increase, however, was more than offset by large comp decreases at demo

Hibbett Hurt by Soft Urban Business in Q1, but Calendar Shift Hurts More…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. saw softness in urban in the first quarter slow overall growth, but a calendar shift that saw the first week of February move into the fiscal fourth quarter while the much softer first week of May moved into Q1 dragged quarter

Shoe Carnival Urban Product Slows Athletic Sales…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

After posting their highest quarterly earnings in company history during last year’s first quarter, Shoe Carnival nearly matched that number this year, in spite of a very challenging spring retail environment and declining comparable store sales. Mark Lem

Snow Sports Sales Remain Flat for 2007-’08 Season…

May 28, 2007 SGB Update

Specialty Snow Sports retailers struggled through a chaotic winter this year with weather impacting hardgoods sales in the East and Midwest and decent, stable weather in much of the Rockies and west-coast. While softgoods sales accelerated to offset part

SylvanSport Taps JDPR for PR Effort

May 25, 2007 SGB Executive SGB Update

SylvanSport selected Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) as their Public Relations agency-of-record. JDPR will provide overall brand support, strategic planning, and media relations campaigns in national trade and consumer media channels…

Famous Footwear Posts 7.6% Q1 Sales Gains

May 24, 2007 SGB Executive SGB Update

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported consolidated first quarter net sales of $566.3 million, a decrease of 1.6% from $575.5 million in same period last year. Net earnings were $9.6 million down from $10.0 million in the prior-year period. Total sales at Fam