Author: Teresa Hartford

Nike, Inc. has been ordered by a German court to stop selling pants with two stripes in adidas’ home country, ruling that the product could be confused with the latter’s three-stripe product. The regional court in Cologne ruled that Nike, Inc. will have

Coming off of a better-than-expected Holiday retail sales season, the National Retail Federation is now forecasting that GAFS sales, which includes most general merchandise categories, will increase 3.5% in 2005. In its quarterly Retail Sales Outlook Rep

SGMA International released its annual state of the industry report at the Super Show in Orlando, Fla. highlighting some key trends and pointing out several challenges the industry will face in the coming year. According to SGMA’s calculations the vendor/

In an abrupt change of plans that has left many Yakima employees surprised, WaterMark announced that it will relocate all of its remaining operations to Portland, Oregon by September 30, 2005. The existing leased Arcata facility will be vacated by year-e

Groupe Rossignol finished the first nine months of its fiscal year with sales on the negative side of flat, with a 0.5% decline to €394.2 million ($498.6 mm) compared to €396.0 million ($456.0 mm) last year. On a currency neutral basis, this translated to

Northwave North America, based in Seattle, Washington has launched a new snowboard brand, Venue Snowboard Co. for the 2005-06 season. The company, which has been selling boots, bindings and accessories under the Northwave, Drake, and Bakota brands, launch

Reusch has announced several new developments for 2005 most notably the company completed its first season under a new distribution arrangement. Last year, Reusch-Germany pulled the brand out of its former distribution arrangement in which the SnowSports

Solid early season snowfall, increased destination visits, and the weaker dollar all contributed to boost Colorado skier visits by 8.1% to 2.9 million for the first three months of the season. Colorado Ski Country USA hopes that the good weather condition

L.L. Bean sales climbed roughly 10% during the Christmas holiday period thanks to a late jump in activity at both retail stores and through the company’s on-line/catalog business…

Huffy has filed forms with the SEC disclosing potential problems with internal accounting procedures, also reporting a petition by unsecured creditors to block KPMG LLP, Huffy's auditors since 1962, from retaining their position with Huffy…

Each month, The B.O.S.S. Report goes One-On-One with a key executive that is seen as a driving force for the future on the sporting goods, athletic footwear and/or athletic apparel markets.

This month we sat down with Peter Devin, Group Show Director

The Sportsman's Guide, Inc. expects to report results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2004 above most recent guidance and at the high end of current consensus estimates. For Q4, SDGE now anticipates reporting total consolidated sales in t