American Skiing Company has been selling off several of its resort holdings over the past three months. Just last week, the resort holding company announced plans to sell Mount Snow and Attitash resorts for $73.5 million, and in December announced a deal
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Thule Targets €1 Billion by 2009…
Thule finished off the 2006 fiscal year with double digit organic-growth and several acquisitions under its belt to boost the top line by nearly a third. The integration of these acquisitions did have a slight impact on profits, which did not keep pace wi
NEOS Sold to Norcross Safety Products…
Norcross Safety Products recently announced a deal to acquire NEOS Overshoes. The deal closed in September 2006, but no details were released until recently. Norcross will be moving NEOS into its Rock Island, IL headquarters. Scott Hardy, founder of Willi
Mizuno Names Custom Fitters of the Year
Mizuno named 16 of its retail partners as Club Fitters of the year. The recipients were evenly split with 8 winners Green Grass shops and 8 Off-Course retailers…
Billabong Sales Jump 31% in Americas
Billabong International Limited reported a 26.1% jump in sales revenues to AUD$610.7 million ($466.3 mm) from AUD$484.3 million ($364.3 mm)previously. Net profit increased 14.3% to AUD$90.7 million ($69.3 mm) for the first half. Sales revenue in the Ameri
Pony Names VP Sales and VP RandD
Pony International LLC appointed Nathan Crary VP of research and development and also named David Corsi as VP of sales. Prior to joining Pony, Nathan Crary was president of Velocy Performance Footwear, while Corsi history has included positions as key acc
LPGA Names Executive Director of TandCP
Ladies Professional Golf Association named Nancy Henderson as executive director of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals (T&CP), a new position. Henderson will begin work on March 7 with the LPGA T&CP Executive Committee to develop innovative programs t
TJX Co.’s Believes Security Breach Began in July 2005
The TJX Companies informed the marketplace that its previously suspected security breach was actually larger than initially believed. While the company previously believed that the intrusion took place only from May 2006 to January 2007, TJX now believes
Escalade Sports Restates ’04 and ’05 Net Income
Escalade, Inc. will restate its results for the fiscal 2004 and 2005 to correct errors relating to the overstatements of the provisions for income taxes and employee benefit costs. The company believes these restatements will increase previously reported
Whitewater Courses and Parks 2007 Set for April
The second international conference on the development of engineered whitewater courses, Whitewater Courses and Parks 2007: Catch the New Wave, will convene April 18-20, 2007 at Wisp Resort in McHenry, MD. Hosted by the Paddlesports Industry Association
Dunning Golf Names Rep for Hawaii
Dunning Golf has hired Joey Sakaue as Sales Representative for Hawaii…
Crocs Q4 and Full Year Revenues Outpace Year-Ago
Crocs, Inc. saw fourth quarter revenues jump 236.9% to $112.9 million from $33.6 million during last year's quarter. Net income for the quarter was $20.8 million, or 51 cents per diluted share, compared to $4.2 million, or 12 cents per diluted share,
Smartwool Shuffles Management Deck
Smartwool made several changes to its management structure with Mark Bryden, who had been SmartWool's acting President and General Manager, named the new president and GM. Christopher Hahn is now SmartWool's official VP of operations and supply
Sizemore Collection Taps Crospete for Korean Distribution
The Sizemore Collection has entered into a distribution agreement with Crospete Sports for Crospete to distribute the entire Sizemore Collection putter line into Korea.
Crocs Signs Several NASCAR Licenses
Crocs, Inc. has entered into licensing agreements or letters of intent with several top NASCAR racing teams, including Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Richard Childress Racing for the use of team marks, as well as driver
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