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Sunglass Hut’s Turnaround Continues

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Update

Riding a new effort to reach more fashion-forward customers, Sunglass Hut just completed a two-year run of 32% comp gains in its North American stores, or about 16% a year... (Read More)

Golf Town Sees 15% Annual Sales Increase

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Uncategorized, Update

A strong fourth quarter led to a strong fiscal year for Canadian golf-specialty retailer Golf Town. For the fourth quarter, which ended December 31, 2006, net sales increased 16.4% to CA$37.7 million ($33.1 mm) from CA$32.4 million ($27.6 mm) on a 4.0% co (Read More)

Life Fitness Inks iPod Deal

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Footwear, Footwear Financial, Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Sports/Fitness, Sports/Fitness Financial, Uncategorized, Update

Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corporation, said it plans to offer seamless integration with Apple Inc.’s iPod players in several of its upcoming products... (Read More)

Russell Corp. to Close Finishing Plant

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Update

Russell Corp. plans to close a plant in Alexander City, AL. More than 400 workers at the plant learned last week that they will be losing their jobs when the plant closes later in the year. Some of the 425 employees will be let go as early as March 12 and (Read More)

Big 5 Announces Promotions

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Uncategorized, Update

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp named Richard A. Johnson as Executive Vice President and Shane O. Starr as Senior Vice President, Operations... (Read More)

New Era Cap Opens Southern California Office

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update

New Era Cap Company said it opened a new office for its Acton Sports Business Unit - 9842 Research Drive in Irvine, California. The company, based in Buffalo, said the move solidifies New Era's presence in the action sports industry and further comm (Read More)

Golf Galaxy Launches Golf Education Website

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Retailer, Uncategorized, Update

Golf Galaxy, Inc. launched www.RalphMaltby.com, a new web site designed to help golfers improve their game through education and information on the technical aspects of design, technology, and equipment... (Read More)

New Era Collaborates with Spike Lee on MLB Cap ads

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Supplier, Apparel Vendor, Uncategorized, Update

New Era Cap Co., the official on-field cap of Major League Baseball (MLB), hired Spike DDB, the advertising agency founded by film director Spike Lee and DDB Worldwide, to produce and direct its latest television commercials, in support of the launch of i (Read More)

Bonfire Snowboarding Hires Marketing Coordinator

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Uncategorized, Update

Bonfire Snowboarding Co. said Rian Rhoe joined the firm as Marketing Coordinator, working under Director of Marketing, Amy Eichner. She will be based from Bonfire’s home office in Portland, OR where she will assist in the execution of public relations and (Read More)

OIA Sets Agenda for Capitol Summit 2007

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Sports/Fitness, Sports/Fitness Financial, Uncategorized, Update

Every year, Outdoor Industry Association members gather in Washington D.C. to visit with their Representatives and Senators and lobby for issues that are important to the Outdoor Industry. OIA has held events similar to this for over a decade, but each ye (Read More)

Nau Open For Business

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Footwear, Footwear Financial, Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Uncategorized, Update

Nau Inc., an environmentally friendly outdoor apparel company from Portland, is finally open for business. After years of preparation and development, the outdoor company launched its e-commerce Web site last week, and announced plans to open four retail (Read More)

Zumiez March Comps Up 12%

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Update

Zumiez Inc. saw total net sales for the month of March increase 43.9% to $20.7 million, compared to $14.4 million for the four-week period ended February 25, 2006... (Read More)

Malden Converts BK to Chap 7

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Supplier, Apparel Vendor, Uncategorized, Update

In the on-going saga of Malden Mills’ most recent bankruptcy, the company has filed for chapter 7 in an effort to dismantle the former entity known as Malden Mills and to start the business anew under the name Polartec, LLC. The attorneys for Malden filed (Read More)

Nike Criticized for Crocodile Skin Shoes

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Uncategorized, XX SEW

Nike Inc. is being sharply criticized by animal rights advocates in Britain for creating a special edition training shoe out of crocodile skin. The shoes, which feature 18-carat gold lace tags and retail for about $2,700, were created for the 25th anniver (Read More)

New York City May Ban Metal Bats

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 12, 2007 | Uncategorized, XX SEW

New York's City Council is considering a ban on metal bats, with former New York Mets reliever John Franco testifying Monday in support of the proposal... (Read More)

Cabela’s Incorporated Prices Secondary Offering

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 9, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel People, Uncategorized, Update

Cabela's Inc. announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,736,868 shares of its common stock, all being offered by stockholders affiliated with J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC and Fulcrum Growth Partners... (Read More)

G-III Apparel Group Prices Secondary Offering

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 9, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Footwear, Footwear Financial, Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Uncategorized, Update

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., an outerwear and sportswear manufacturer, priced an offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $20 per share. Of these shares, 1,621,000 shares will be sold by the company and 2,879,000 shares w (Read More)

Umbro’s U.S. Business Disappoints

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 9, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Footwear, Footwear Financial, Sports/Fitness, Sports/Fitness Financial, Uncategorized, Update

Umbro said its U.S. business has underperformed significantly in 2006 due to weakness at Foot Locker. Overall, sales in the U.S. were down 63.1%... (Read More)

Gottchalks reports 3.6% February Comp Decline

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 8, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel People, Footwear, Footwear People, Outdoor, Outdoor People, Update

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of February 2007 decreased 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stor (Read More)

Bon Ton’s February Comps Jump 14.6%

Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | March 8, 2007 | Apparel, Apparel Financial, Footwear, Footwear Financial, Uncategorized, Update

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.'s sales for the four weeks ended March 3 increased 229%, to $237.6 million, compared to $72.2 million for the prior year period. February sales include $153.4 million from Carson's and Parisian stores acquired in 2006. B (Read More)

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