Changing of the Guard…

It was a tale of two cities in the fourth quarter as Phil Knight, the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Nike, Inc. announced in December that he was stepping down from the president & CEO role and handing the reins of the company to an outsider…

The Shift in the Retail Landscape…

The year saw the landscape of sporting goods retail shift dramatically in 2004 as the industry gained its second legitimate national sporting goods retailer after Dick’s acquired Galyan’s.