Golf Apparel Brands Inc. has acquired Sahara Sportswear. The company's roster of golf brands already includes La Mode, Clark & Gregory, Fairway Blues, and The Golfer. GABI also supplies private label to better clubs and resorts…
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Quiksilver Continues Struggle With Hardgoods…
Quiksilver, Inc. slipped into the red during their fiscal second quarter ended on April 30, due primarily to seasonal losses in the Rossignol business and declines in the Cleveland Golf business. Quiksilver’s core action sports brands remained strong thro
Kellwood First Quarter Gets American Recreation Boost…
Kellwood reported that net sales for the first quarter were $484.4 million, a 2% decline from the $493.8 million last year. The majority of the decrease was planned within the company’s women's sportswear segment and to a lesser extent within men
Kellwood’s Board Elects New Executive Team
Kellwood Company's Board of Directors elected new officers yesterday at the Company's June 7 board meeting. Five new officers were appointed, including a new CFO, a new chief strategy and marketing officer, and three new corporate VP's…
Vail Resorts Fiscal Q3 Earnings Climb
Vail Resorts, Inc. revenue increased $28.1 million, or 8.2%, in Q3 of fiscal 2007 to $369.5 million from $341.4 million for the comparable quarter last year. Income from operations for the quarter increased $12.9 million, or 10.5%, to $136.2 million. The
Football Legend Archie Griffin to Speak at The Athlete’s Foot’s Convention
Football Legend Archie Griffin is the keynote speaker for The Athlete's Foot Global Franchise Convention, being held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas during the SGMA Spring Market. A former owner of numerous Athlete’s Foot franchises, Griffin is kn
Canadian Action Sports chain, West 49, Widens Losses
West 49 Inc., which operates action sports stores in Canada, reported first quarter sales increased 15.5% to $41 million (U.S. $39 million) from $35.5 million (U.S. $33 million). However, net losses expanded to $3.2 million (U.S. $3 million) from $1.8 mil
Pacific Sunwear Sees Energy at PacSun in May
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for the four weeks of fiscal May ended June 2, 2007 were $97.7 million, an increase of 10.9% over total sales of $88.1 million during the same four week period ended June 3, 2006. Total Company
Nordstrom Same-Store Sales Increase 6.3%
Nordstrom, Inc. reported sales rose 6.1% for the four-week period ending June 2, to $637.8 million from $600.9 million. Same-store sales increased 6.3%…
Stein Mart Comps Climb 2.5% in May
Stein Mart, Inc. total sales for the month of May decreased 0.6% to $ 118.9 million compared to $ 119.6 million last year. Comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended June 2, 2007 increased 2.5%…
Target’s Comps Jump 5.8% in May
Target Corp reported that sales for the four weeks ended June 2 increased 10.1% to $4.33 billion from $3.93 billion a year ago. On this same basis, comparable-store sales increased 5.8 percent. In the 2006 May period, comps grew 5.7%…
Federated’s Comps Slide 3.3% in May
Macy’s, Inc. reported total sales during May decreased 2.3% to $1.98 billion from $2.024 billion a year ago. On a same-store basis, Macy’s, Inc. sales were down 3.3% in May…
Bon-Ton Posts 1.2% Comp Gain
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. announced total sales for the four weeks ended June 2 increased 1%, to $234.7 million from $232.3 million for the prior year period. Bon-Ton and Carson’s combined comparable store sales for the four weeks increased 1.2%…
Crocs Picks Up U.K. Footwear Award
Crocs, Inc. has been selected as the 2007 Footwear Brand of the Year winner at the prestigious Drapers Footwear Awards in the United Kingdom. The Drapers Footwear Awards celebrates the best in footwear retailing in the United Kingdom and Republic of Irel
Golf Apparel Brands Acquires Sahara Sportswear
Golf Apparel Brands, Inc has acquired Sahara Sportswear. The company's roster already includes La Mode, Clark & Gregory, Fairway Blues, and The Golfer. GABI also is a private label supplier to better clubs and resorts and boasts a logo library of ove