Dover Saddlery, Inc. hired James Cullen to the newly created position of executive vice president. Cullen most recently worked at Bakers Footwear…
Category: Outdoor
Walmart’s Sales and Earnings Up in Q2
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales during the second fiscal quarter were $116.2 billion, an increase of 2.4 percent over last year. Diluted earnings per share attributable to Walmart were $1.24, a 5.1 percent increase, compared to $1.18 last year…
Yakima Repeats as Official Bike Rack of USA Pro Challenge
Yakima is celebrating its third consecutive year as the official bicycle rack of the USA Pro Challenge professional cycling road race, which is taking place across Colorado from Aug. 19-25, 2013…
Giant Group Rides Asia to 4.1 Percent Growth in First Half
Giant Group, believed to be one of the world's largest bicycle manufacturers, reported revenue rose 4.1 percent to TWD27.2 billion ($914 mm) for the first six months ended June 30, largely on the strength of sales in Asia…
City Bike Partners with Pratt Institute
City Bike company Brooklyn Cruiser is partnering with Pratt Institute. The company will offer incoming Pratt students affordable and sustainable transportation options and an opportunity to design branded cycling accessories it will be put into production
SIA Releases Engaging Gen Y in Snow Sports Report
The SnowSports Industries America (SIA) research team has released its latest findings in the report called Engaging Gen Y in Snow Sports, which is the first in the Snow Sports Consumer Profiles, SIA’s new audience-specific report series…
Yue Yuen’s Casual/Outdoor Sales Outpace Athletic in First Half
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited, a major contract manufacturer for western shoe brands, reported total sales rose 1.4 percent for the six months ended June 30 to approximately $3.70 billion. Sales of athletic shoes and casual/outdoor shoes were up
Kohl’s Sales and Comps Up in Q2
Kohl’s Corporation reported that total sales increased 2.0 percent to $4.3 billion for the second quarter ended Aug. 3. Comparable store sales increased 0.9 percent, up from a decrease of 2.7 percent in the year-ago comparable period…
Nordstrom’s Q2 Earnings Jump
Nordstrom, Inc. reported a a 24 percent increase in earnings per diluted share of 93 cents for the second quarter ended Aug. 3, 2013, compared to 75 cents per diluted share for the same quarter last year. Net sales for the second quarter were $3.1 billion
Sport Chalet to Boost Cost Cutting, Markdowns and Borrowing After Tough Quarter
Sport Chalet Inc. extended its bank line, eliminated jobs and renegotiated contracts to sustain strategic spending initiatives in the wake of a disappointing first fiscal quarter…
Japan and Korea Buoy Mammut’s First Half Results
Mammut Sports Group increased net revenue by 9.2 percent to CHF100.3 million ($132 mm) in the six months ended June 30, largely on the strength of its growing Asian business, according to interim results released by Conzzeta Group, its Swiss parent compan
Hireko Golf to Distribute Aerotech Golf Shafts
Aerotech Golf of Bellingham, WA has added club manufacturer Hireko Golf as an authorized dealer of its composite iron shafts, which are the most popular being used on the PGA and Champions Tours…
Sport Footwear Posts Tepid Sales Growth in Fiscal July
Based on retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo, sales of Sport Footwear for fiscal July 2013 increased in the low-single-digits in dollars as a mid-single-digit increase in average selling prices more than offset a low-single-digit decline i

Mammut’s Impressive First Half Growth Propelled by Asia
Mammut Sports Group increased net revenue by 9.2 percent to CHF 100.3 million ($132 mm) in the six months ended June 30, thanks in large part to its growing business in Japan, Korea and China, according to interim results released by Conzzeta Group, its p
Early BTS Results Tough on Footwear; Strong for Apparel, Daypacks
The early back-to-school season appears to be more of the same for the outdoor footwear business after an early review of retail point-of-sale data shows the business down more than 10 percent for the first three weeks of the back-to-school (BTS) selling