The adidas Group bought the distribution rights for the Reebok brand in CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan) from ZAO RBK-Retail, Reebok’s Russian distributor. Effective January 1, 2007 adidas Ltd., Moscow will becom
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PacSun Q1 Net Drops 32.4%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. saw sales for the first quarter increase 7.1% to $299.9 million from $280.0 million for the same period last year. First quarter net earnings were 16 cents per diluted share, including 3 cents related to stock option an
HO Sports Appoints Officers
HO Sports Company, Inc. appointed Bob McKeeman, VP operations, Sharon McMullen, VP finanace & information systems, Sherri Miller, VP sourcing & logisitics, and Gregg Vukelic, VP research & development as officers of the company…
Speedo Parent Q1 Sales Up; Swimwear Group Income Declines
The Warnaco Group, Inc. posted net revenues of $466.3 million, up from $439.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2005, which includes a $60.4 million gain from the acquired Calvin Klein Jeans business. Net income totaled $16.1 million, or 34 cents per
Sole Tech Picks Up Distribution Facility
Sole Technology, Inc., manufacturer of the etnies, etnies Girl, eS, Emerica and ThirtyTwo brands, purchased a new 315,000 square foot warehouse and distribution building in Fontana, California, located at 17300 Slover Ave. The new facility is expected to
éS Footwear Adds to Marketing and Merchandising Teams
éS Footwear made a couple of personal moves this week, adding Matt Sharkey as Brand Marketing Manager and Marc Joines as Merchandising Manager. Matt brings 12 years of marketing experience, having held various management positions for multiple brands lik
Nautilus Fixes Manufacturing Issues…
Nautilus Inc. put the manufacturing issues that plagued its fourth quarter 2005 results behind it for the first quarter, but has yet to realize the benefits of the restructuring of its operations facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. Roughly half of the doub
New Stores Boost Cabela’s First Quarter…
Cabela’s Inc.’s increased retail presence more than offset declines in its direct business during the first quarter of 2006 bringing double-digit revenue increases and strong earnings gains in spite of a slight comp store sales decline. The four new stor
Sportsman’s Guide to be Sold to Redcats Subsidiary…
The Sportsman's Guide, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Redcats USA, Inc., a catalog and online marketer of apparel and home products, under which VLP Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Redcats USA, will acquire all of the out
The Walking Company Shines Bright in Q1…
Big Dog Holdings, Inc. first quarter consolidated net sales were $38.7 million, a 23% increase, as compared with $31.3 million in the first quarter 2005.
Consolidated net sales increased primarily due to the addition of 63 new Walking Company stores whic
Johnson Outdoors Second Quarter Organic Sales Offset Military Loss…
Johnson Outdoors continues to see military sales slip, but growth in the company’s core brands was able to offset all these declines in the fiscal second quarter ended March 31. Military sales actually declined 28%, or $3.7 million during the quarter, but
Zumiez Sales Up 43% in April…
Zumiez Inc. saw total net sales for the month of April increase 42.8% to $15.0 million, compared to $10.5 million last year. Same-store sales jumped 19.3% for the four week period, on top of an 11.1% increase last year…
Strong Consumer Demand Drives Garmin Q1…
Garmin had the strongest quarter in company history with 67% top-line growth to $322.3 million compared to $192.7 million last year. The bottom line numbers out-paced sales increases thanks to favorable currency translations. Net income grew 84.6% to $87.
Sport-Haley Adds Customer Relations Liaison
Sport-Haley, Inc. appointed Jan Beemer to the position of Customer Relations Liaison. Ms. Beemer brings over twenty years of golf industry and retail merchandising experience to Sport-Haley, having worked on both the customer and vendor sides of the appar
Recall: Trek Bicycle Helmets
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with Trek Bicycle, has issued a voluntary
recall of the Trek Anthem C Elite and Anthem C Elite WSD Model Bicycle Helmets. The recall covers about 4,500 of the helmets as product testing demonstr
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