Merrell has been named one of Advertising Age’s 2005 “Marketing 50” winners. Each year, Advertising Age recognizes 50 top brands for their consumer appeal and marketing excellence, which includes elements such as product design and development, research,
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Collegiate Pacific Purchases More Sport Supply Shares; Terminates Merger
Collegiate Pacific Inc announced that it has purchased an additional 1.66 million, or 19%, of the outstanding shares of Sport Supply Group for approximately $9.2 million in cash — or $5.55 per share of SSPY common stock from an institutional holder. Coll
Collegiate Pacific Sees Acquisitions, Organic Growth More Than Double Q3 Sales…
Collegiate Pacific Inc. reported its results for the first fiscal quarter of 2006 ended September 30, 2005 with sales increasing 124.7% to $65.3 million from $27.7 million during the same period last year. The huge gain comes largely on the heels of the
Zumiez Shows Benefits of Balanced Growth and Monthly Consistency…
Zumiez Inc. strung together three consecutive months of strong comparable store sales gains during the third quarter to average out to a 9.8% overall comp sales increase on top of a 9.0% gain in the year-ago quarter. Management was predictably excited ab
Perry Ellis Targets Action Sports with Gotcha and GirlStar Acquisition
Perry Ellis International has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire primarily all of the worldwide intellectual property, including the Gotcha and GirlStar trademarks and the intellectual property license agreements, of the leading Calif
New Stores, Comp Gains Help Golfsmith Q3 Sales…
Golfsmith International saw the addition of six new stores and a weak Q3 last year, combine to create a 15.7% jump in sales revenues for the third quarter of 2005. These revenue gains trickled down to more than double the company’s net income, though off
Eesa Adds Greg Fugate to Rep Team
Known for his strange antics in-and-out of shop clinics Greg “The Animal Steel” Fugate joins the eesa clothing rep force. Fugate took time away from his rigorous shop clinic schedule to find out more about the eesa brand from Fran Frost eesa’s Global Sal
Orange 21 Hits Q3 Sales Target; Misses Earnings…
Orange 21 Inc.'s net sales for the third quarter climbed 8.4% to $10.8 million compared to $10.0 million in 2004, but net income for the quarter fell to $192,000, compared to net income of $517,000 in 2004. Earnings per diluted share were two cents c
As TSA Gets its Operational House in Order in Q3…
The Sports Authority, Inc. swung to a net profit in the fiscal third quarter ended October 29, but also saw a sharp jump in net income when excluding integration costs of merging the TSA and Gart businesses in the year-ago period. The retailer appears to
Patagonia Lands Deal with MEC
Patagonia inked a deal with Mountain Equipment Co-op that will make Patagonia the largest apparel supplier to the Canadian retailer by fall 2006. The two companies have been in discussions for years, but before now, Patagonia was not featured in MEC store
Bob’s Stores Continues to Post Expanding Losses…
Bob’s Stores, which was acquired by TJX Companies out of bankruptcy in December 2003, continues to disappoint its new parent. The exodus of TJX and Bob’s senior management continued over the last few weeks after Ben Cammarata, chairman and acting CEO of
Citi Trends Posts 52% Q3 Sales Increase
Citi Trends, Inc. reported total net sales increased 51.8% to $69.9 million for the quarter ended October 29, 2005, compared with $46.0 million for the year-ago period. Same-store sales increased 25.0% on top of a 3.0% increase in the prior-year quarter.
GSI Commerce Sees Sales Jump, But Accounting Issues Prevent Translation to Bottom-Line…
GSI Commerce reported that net revenues for the third quarter were $84.9 million, a 24% increase compared to $68.6 million in the same period last year. Product sales from the sporting goods category were $38.1 million, up 28% compared to $29.8 million f
MTRiP: Mountain Resorts Seeing Strong Start to Season
Advance reservations for “room nights” at mountain resort destinations are up 4% compared to the same time last year according to data collected by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) as of Oct. 31, 2005. The research also revealed that while mor
Hurricanes Hit Gander Mountain’s Bottom Line…
While the full-line sporting goods chains are reporting solid quarters, the Hunt/Fish retailers were impacted by the heavy hurricane season during the third quarter of 2005. At the end of October, Cabela’s reported slower sales due to “the CNN effect” fo
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