Wilson Racquet Sports to Distribute Luxilon

Wilson Racquet Sports and its parent company Amer Sports have partnered with Luxilon Sports to serve as the exclusive world-wide distributor of their monofilament strings and other products beginning in 2006. Belgium-based Luxilon is used by more than 800

Spalding Neverflat Receives ‘Best of’ Award

Fresh off the heels of introducing the Spalding Neverflat basketball, Popular Science Magazine has recognized the basketball guaranteed to hold air 10 times longer than traditional basketballs, among the Best of What’s New products in the recreation categ

Footstar Sees Q3 Sales Fall 13%; Narrows Net Loss

Footstar, Inc. reported that net sales decreased $24.3 million, or 13.1%, to $161.7 million in 2005 compared with $186.0 million in 2004. A 9.6% comparable store sales decline in Shoemart during 2005 accounted for $15.7 million of this decrease and the cl

SIA and REI Host ‘Winter Feels Good’ Event

SIA is working with REI stores in Northern Virginia and Maryland to host the Winter Feels Good Pavilion and Snowshoe Park that will be a interactive feature of the National Ski and Snowboard Expo this weekend – November 11-13, 2005 – at the Dulles Expo Ce

Pacific Sunwear Sees Q3 Sales Jump 14%; Income Up 20%

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for the third quarter ended October 29, 2005 were $377.5 million, an increase of 13.6% over total sales of $332.4 million for the third quarter of 2004. Net income for the quarter increased 20

Intrawest Sees Fiscal First Quarter Return to Profitability

Intrawest Corporation, for the first quarter of 2006, reported total revenue of $301.8 million, an increase of 47%. Net income increased significantly to $9.2 million, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.19. Total Company EBITDA more than triple

Sears Names EVP Apparel Design

Sears Holdings Corporation named Lisa Schultz as executive vice president, Sears Holdings Apparel Design, a new position. In this new role, Schultz will have responsibility over all of Sears' and Kmart's apparel design teams. She will report to

Foot Locker, Inc. Sees Positive Trend in Europe…

Foot Locker, Inc. looked to a fresh management team in Europe to deliver some light at the end of the tunnel in the third quarter in a region that is keeping both retailers and vendors up at night. The team, led by former Lady Foot, And 1, and Footaction

Declining Mercury Pushes October Retail Comps Higher…

A shift in weather patterns to more seasonal temperatures in mid-October appeared to be the driver for an October at retail that surprised and even shocked some of the most optimistic prognosticators of retail trends. According to a monthly survey of 71

prAna Acquisition Puts Claiborne in Outdoor…

In 1993, after gaining brand building experience by launching Spy Optics – which is now a public company of its own – Beaver Theodosakis started a new apparel company with his wife, Pam, and business partner, Demian Kloer. The group named the company aft

Blacks Leisure Sees Profit Jump in Outdoor Business…

Blacks Leisure Group reported total group sales for the company’s first half ended August 31, 2005 inched up 1.1% to £140.0 million ($257.3 mm) from £138.6 million ($252.2 mm) for the first half of 2004. The retail group raised its margins 390 basis poin

adidas Group Picks Up More Momentum in U.S. Market…

adidas shrugged off a number of questions about its planned acquisitions of rival Reebok International, instead focusing its attention last week on its continued positive trend in North America and a surging Asia/Pacific market. The company, which divest

Royal Robbins Maintains Double-Digit Growth…

Phoenix Footwear experienced a slow third quarter because of cancelled orders from one of their key footwear accounts and lagging military orders in their Altama division. The two bright spots for the company were Royal Robbins, which remains one of the m