Author: Teresa Hartford

Six U.S. golf manufacturers, including Acushnet, Callaway, Cleveland, Ping, Nike, and TaylorMade-adidas, struck a blow against counterfeiters in the Southern Chinese cities of Dongguan, Changan, and Guangzhou…

Greg Norman Collection announced Core Golf sales increases of 19% with operating profits up over last year as well. Additionally, Q4 Core Golf sales jumped 22%, marking the 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth in the Green Grass segment. C

Nautilus finished off its “turnaround” year with a 51.1% jump in Q4 earnings, from $9.4 million, or 28 cents per share in 2003 to $14.2 million, or 42 cents per diluted share in the most recent quarter. These earnings were driven by an 11.0% increase in f

Gildan Activewear is closing its Long Sault, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec yarn-spinning facilities. The majority of the equipment will be transferred to a new leased yarn-spinning facility in Clarkton, North Carolina, which will be operated by the company

The deal to sell American Sporting Goods was evidently in the eleventh hour when the company called pulled off the auction block. The official line was that Jerry Turner made the decision to pull ASG off the table, but there is also some speculation that

Despite a stronger-than-expected holiday selling season, U.S. retail executives are looking at the broader picture for the coming year and appear to be approaching 2005 with a bit of caution. According to the latest findings of the NRF Executive Opinion

Tom Cove has officially assumed the role of President and CEO of SGMA International, following the retirement of past president John Riddle. Cove is expected to bring about a transformation of the 99-year old organization and its role as the voice of the

Suunto Oy's President Dan Colliander is leaving the company. Until a replacement can be found, Suunto's Financial Director Mika Harjuaho and Director of Commercial Operations Ian Crichton will jointly perform the duties of the President. Collian

The Buckle, Inc. announced that sales for the four-week period ended January 29, 2005 increased 13.8% to $25.7 million from sales of $22.6 million in the year-ago four-week period ended January 31, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 8.6% for the mont