Author: Teresa Hartford

Phoenix Footwear saw a considerable sales gain, but income remained flat on less than expected revenue contributions from the Altama footwear business. Phoenix acquired the brand in the second half of last year with expectations of leveraging its military

Jarden Corporation, the new parent company of Coleman, more than tripled first quarter net sales to $521.3 million compared to $158.3 million for the same quarter last year. Coleman was expected to be relatively flat for the year, but the brand experience

Nautilus, Inc. has acquired its Canadian distributor in an effort to expand the reach of its Nautilus and StairMaster brands in the specialty and commercial markets, while intensifying the marketing of Bowflex and Schwinn Fitness brands through the direct

Please note that the mid-week SEW_0517.5 and the regular SEW_0518 issues contained an error regarding licensed sales for Puma. Puma contacted SEW last week to confirm that licensed sales of Footwear, Apparel, and Accessories were actually 85% of all lice

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service made an official announcement last week stating that they will be implementing a rule to “conserve roadless areas in national forests through inviting input from state governors” in order to manage invento

Event Marketer magazine recently announced that New Balance has received a Silver Award in the 2005 Ex Awards for their 2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon campaign. The award was received in the category of Best Activation of a Sports Sponsorship. GMR M

Quality Bicycle Products and the CPSC have recalled all Dimension-brand road and mountain thread-less bicycle stems with a 130 degree rise. The stems are black or silver and have the word “Dimension” painted on the extension. About 18,000 of the stems wer

The board of directors of Nautilus, Inc. has authorized management to repurchase up to $100-million of the company's common stock in open-market transactions, at such times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, depending on market cond

The directors of Briscoe Group Limited announced that unaudited sales for the three months ended 30 April 2005 were $74.6 million, being 10.83% higher than the $67.3 million reported for the same quarter of last year. Briscoes Homeware sales increased by