Author: Teresa Hartford

While many companies were strengthening their teams in the outdoor business last week, Russell Corporation moved to cut a layer out of its management team, announcing the elimination of the president/COO position held by Jon Letzler since July 2001. The c

Back in July of 2004, Atomic Ski launched a Small Business Unit to cover New York and the Mid-Atlantic Regions. Atomic has taken the next step in this model, converting its Rocky Mountain Region, formerly covered by C.J. Webb, Inc. to also be a Small Bus

Deckers Outdoor Corporation announced the appointment of Carlo Lingiardi as president of the company's Teva brand. As Teva brand president, Mr. Lingiardi will be responsible for all aspects of the Teva brand and will report directly to president and

Cabela's Incorporated announced that it is currently in negotiations to build one of its destination superstores on a portion of a 624-acre mixed-use development at historic Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. If ongoing negotiations for

Oakley, Inc. announced the opening of its first Canadian O Store located in the Queen West district of Toronto. The Queen Street West location is the latest addition to the company's expanding domestic and international retail presence and will be ow

Li & Fung Limited reported results for the six months ended June 30, 2005, in which the group’s Core Operating Profit increased 21% while profit attributable to shareholders reached HK$618 million ($79.3 million), an increase of 23% over the HK$502 millio

Orange 21 Inc. announced that net sales for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005 were $10.4 million compared to $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2004, an increase of 36%. The company reported net income for the quarter of approximately $362,000 ver

Sport Chalet, Inc. announced that for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2005, sales increased 17.2% to $72.1 million from $61.5 million last year. The increase is the result of opening five new stores as well as a same store sales increase of 4.9%.

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 increased 21% to $21.1 million, compared to $17.5 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. Total sales for the second quarter (13 weeks) ended July 30

Mossimo, Inc. reported second quarter 2005 total net revenues increased 45.2% to $9.0 million compared to $6.2 million for the second quarter of last year. The company reported second quarter net earnings of $2.2 million compared to net earnings of $1.0 m