Author: Teresa Hartford

adidas-Salomon AG and Porsche Design Group have signed a long-term strategic partnership including a licensing agreement. The objective of the cooperation is to jointly establish a hi-tech premium brand in the sports sector. Footwear, apparel and hardware

Warm weather forced consumers out of their homes and into the malls in June, as the long-overdue shift in the weather sent people to stores to buy shorts and other summer-related goods. According to an ICSC survey of 70 chain stores, June's chain sto

The June survey of Retail Executives conducted by the National Retail Federation didn’t appear to reflect the solid month at retail as the monthly index generated from the study indicated some concerns for the near-term, but a brighter outlook for the fal

JJB Sports, the U.K.’s largest outdoor and sporting goods retail chain, reported that year-to-date revenues through July 3 were down 8.9% compared to last year. Comparable store sales were down 9.4%. Both metrics were impacted primarily by the very high

Cutter & Buck is getting a bigger slice of its business in the Specialty channel these days, which may be a key driver for the introduction of a new premium “Signature” collection that will launch for Spring ’06. The company is also getting back into the

Golf rounds played in the U.S. increased 1.1% in May 2005 over May 2004, according to NGF. Despite the gains experienced in May, nationwide rounds played were still down 1.6% through the first five months of the year.
The Mountain region saw the largest d

Callaway Golf Company is forecasting approximately $323 million in sales for the second quarter ended June 30, also estimating that diluted EPS for the period will be in the 25 cents to 27 cents per share range. Excluding integration charges of approximat

After successful efforts over the last two months to curb gray market distribution and counterfeiting of Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, The Acushnet Company, the golf division of Fortune Brands that owns the Titleist, FootJoy, Cobra, and Pinnacle brands, has

Everything’s bigger in Texas, so the saying goes, and the statement is now even more relevant in the team dealer end of the sporting goods business after Collegiate Pacific acquired a majority stake of Sport Supply Group, Inc. last week. The deal sees BO

Following their recent acquisition or Watermark’s watersports division, Confluence has finalized the positioning for its brands, creating a structure that is designed to allow the company to distribute multiple brands across multiple channels. For any man

Timberland plans to consolidate its Caribbean manufacturing operations by closing its manufacturing facility in Isabela, Puerto Rico at the end of 2005 and expanding manufacturing volume in its facility based in the Dominican Republic. The company will in