Hibbett Posts First Nine-Figure Quarter…

Hibbett Sporting Goods is also a shining star on the operations front, with store opening expenses figures down to the penny – not just pennies per share — and operational efficiencies that will enable them to service 800 to 1,000 stores from their DC in

Calvin Johnston Promoted to CEO of Russell Athletic

Russell Corporation has promoted Calvin Johnston to CEO of Russell Athletic. Johnston had been president of JERZEES Europe. He will relocate to Atlanta from Scotland and report to Jon Letzler, president and COO for the Corporation…

Gander Mountain May Be Starting to Compete with Itself…

Gander Mountain’s fourth quarter was hurt by the abnormally warm weather experienced by much of the country, some unforeseen cannibalization, and an inability to forecast accurate growth rates among its rapidly growing base of large-format retail stores.

Pacific Cycle Pulls Dorel to Record Year…

Dorel was again able to leverage the acquisition of Pacific Cycle to boost both sales and earnings in the fourth quarter of 2004. Total company sales increased 42% during the quarter to $457.4 million, compared to $322.1 million last year. Pacific account

Orange 21 Sees Some Legal Action…

Orange 21 has received a cease-and-desist letter from Oakley with respect to patent and trademark issues involving three of its product styles. These three product styles accounted, in the aggregate, for less than 4% of Orange 21's sales for the 2004

Shoe Carnival Starts to See the Payoff…

Shoe Carnival, Inc. CEO Mark Lemond is starting to see his team’s strategy start to bear fruit as the family footwear retailer posted solid back-to-back monthly comp store sales gains for the last two months. Net sales for Q4 increased 7.2% to $143.9 mil

Thule Shows Solid Q4…

Thule finished off a strong fourth quarter, the first under new owner, Candover Partners (see BOSS_0444). Sales for the quarter increased 44% to SEK 615 million ($88.5 million) compared to SEK 427 million ($56.4 million) last year. Profitability improved

DSW Customer Credit Info Stolen…

Retail Ventures, Inc. learned late last week of the theft of credit card and other purchase information from a portion of DSW Shoe Warehouse customers that shopped at 103 DSW stores, primarily during the last three months. Any customer information provide

Rocky Consolidating After Acquisition…

Rocky Shoes & Boots plans to consolidate operations following the recent acquisition of EJ Footwear, including the relocation of the Lehigh division headquarters in Vestal, N.Y. The company plans to relocate key management to Rocky's headquarters in

Thule Shows Solid Q4 Gains…

Thule finished off a strong fourth quarter, its first under new ownership with Candover Partners. Sales for the quarter increased 44.0% to SEK 615 million ($88.5 million) compared to SEK 427 million ($56.4 million) in 2003. Profitability improved at clos