Burton Snowboards expanded its stable of brands and the scope of its company, paddling into the realm of snow’s melted cousin when it announced last week that it had acquired the assets of Channel Islands Surfboards. The founders of each company, Al Merri
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K2 Sports to Acquire EU Paintball Wholesaler
K2 Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire European paintball wholesaler, CMC Sport GmbH, and plans to create a new entity: JT Europe. JT Europe will distribute JT, WGP, Viewloader, and Brass Eagle paintball products in addition to paintballs and ac
Foot Locker Shares Up on Acquisition Rumors
Foot Locker, Inc. shares jumped on Monday, closing the day up just under 10% over Friday’s closing price at $27.32 per share. The stock’s improvement over the course of the day was spurred by reports out of Women’s Wear Daily that named Kohlberg Kravis Ro
ASR Adds Third Member to Sales Team
Jennifer Estes brings a knowledge of sales, trade show operations, marketing, advertising and event management to ASR, the Action Sports Retailer Expo. Estes will join Dan Moylan and Malia Murray on the ASR sales team as the show finishes its 25th year. A
Federated June Sales Boosted by May Co. Acquisition
Federated Department Stores, Inc. saw sales increase 64.8% to $2.367 billion for the month of June compared to sales of $1.436 billion in the same period last year, which does not include sales from the acquired May Company stores. On a same-store basis,
Everlast Signs Cell Phone Case License
Everlast Worldwide Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Eurotek Italia for the European firm to to distribute cellular phone cases. The Italian based company will distribute the Everlast branded cases throughout the European Union and Russia beginni
Golf Galaxy June Sales Jump 39% on 2.9% Comps Gain
Golf Galaxy, Inc. reported net sales for the month of june jumped 39% to $42.1 million, compared with $30.4 million for the fiscal month ended July 2, 2005. The increase was driven primarily by the addition of new stores and a comparable store sales gain
Kohl’s Posts 7.1% June Comps Increase
Kohl's Corporation posted a 15.1% increase in sales for the month of June to $1.32 billion from $1.14 billion during the same period last year. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 7.1%…
TJX Companies See 9% June Comps Gain
The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the month of June were up 9% to $1.6 billion from the $1.4 billion posted during the same month last year. For the 22 weeks ended July 1, 2006, sales reached $6.7 billion, an 8% increase over last year's $6.
Stohlquist Waterware Adds to Rep Team
Stohlquist added J David Ripley and Gregory Fischer of Rep First as their new sales representatives covering the Southeast territory. Both Ripley and Fischer bring extensive industry backgrounds and years of service to Stohlquist. Ripley founded Rep Firs
Shoe Pavilion Q2 Comps Up 3.9%
Shoe Pavilion, Inc. saw net sales for the second quarter jump 26.0% to $31.4 million from $24.9 million for the same quarter last year. Comparable store sales for the quarter increased 3.9% over last year. Sales from new stores and relocated stores in the
West Marine Q2 Sales Up 4.3%; Comps Up 2.3%
West Marine, Inc. posted net sales of $264.5 million for the second quarter, an increase of 4.3% from net sales of $253.5 million last year. Comparable store sales for the second quarter increased 2.3%…
Vail Names Urwiler as CIO
Vail Resorts named Robert Urwiler as senior vice president and chief information officer of the company. Urwiler will assume his responsibilities on August 21, 2006, and will office in the Company's new headquarters in Broomfield, Colo…
Signal Snowboards Adds Sales Force Leader
Signal snowboards added Mike Akins to head up its sales department. Mike joins Signal after his previous post at Mervin Mfg…
Liquid Boardwear Taps Origin for Marketing
Liquid Boardwear will be working with Origin Design + Communications for its marketing needs. Origin Design + Communications will consult and design all visual materials relevant to Liquid Boardwear’s integrated marketing plan which ties together product
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