OBIT: RG Barry Brands Chairman Gordon Zacks

R.G. Barry Corporation Chairman of the Board Gordon B. Zacks, a businessman, author and lecturer who grew the small company founded by his parents into the world's largest developer and marketer of soft, washable slippers, died today at his Bexley, O

Sport Chalet Returns to Profitability in Q3

Sport Chalet, Inc. reported net income for the third quarter ended Dec. 29 reached $1.5 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $1.9 million, or 13 cents, in the third quarter of last year. Third quarter 2014 net income represent

Johnson Outdoors Logs First-Quarter Loss

Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a loss of $2.2 million, or 22 cents a share, in the first quarter ended Dec. 27, against earnings of $200,000, or 2 cents, a year ago. Sales fell 9.4 percent to $79.1 million from $87.3 million. The company said the “harsh

ATK’s Sporting Group’s Sales Climb on Acquisitions

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) reported third quarter sales in its Sporting Group increased 78 percent to $524 million compared to $294 million in the prior-year quarter, boosted by the results from the recently acquired businesses of Savage and Bushnell,

NRF Responds to Minimum Wage Hike

President Obama in his State of the Union address said he plans to sign an executive order increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour for workers on new government contracts and asked Congress to approve the same increase for all wo

Performance Health Acquires Bon Vital

Performance Health, manufacturer and marketer of TheraBand, Biofreeze, Perform, Cramer and Hygenic branded products, acquired Bon Vital', Inc., a manufacturer of topical products serving the massage therapy and spa professions…