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
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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
Gander Mountain Sales Increase 30.3%; Comps Fall 5.4%
Gander Mountain fourth quarter sales increased 30.3% to $237.2 million, an increase of $55.2 million over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. Comparable store sales declined 5.4% after an increase of 12.2% in the fourth quarter of 2003 and 12.0% in the fou
Shoe Carnival Changes Start to Bear Fruit; Q4 Net Up Ten Fold
Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported that net earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter ended January 29 increased to $1.2 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, from net earnings of $111,000, or a penny a share, in Q4 last year. Net sales for the quarter increased
Outlast to Enter Indian Market
Outlast Technologies has appointed Mr. Raj Pillai as the Managing Director of the soon to be formed “Outlast Technologies, India”. Mr. Pillai has been overseeing the entry of Outlast Technologies, Inc., a global technology company, into the Indian sub-con
Prime Rate Investors to Acquire Skiershop Mountain Sports
Prime Rate Investors, Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire Skiershop Mountain Sports, the Stowe, Vermont based retailer of skis, bikes, and outdoor gear and apparel. Its e-tail platform www.skiershop.com is featured as “Best of the Web” on Forbes.com
Vail Swings Back to Profits in Fiscal Q2
Vail Resorts' “Resort revenue,” the combination of mountain and lodging revenues, rose $17.4 million, or 7.3%, from $239.4 million to $256.8 million. Resort expense increased 5.2% from $164.9 million to $173.4 million, up $8.5 million. Total revenue
Mountain Khakis Announces Sales Team
Mountain Khakis has launched their North American sales team. The company stated that the team is made up of 14 enthusiastic industry leaders dedicated to meeting the needs of mountain lifestyle enthusiasts from coast to coast…
Quiksilver Sees 34% Revenue Increase; Income Jumps 55%
Quiksilver's net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 increased 34% to $342.9 million as compared to fiscal 2004 first quarter consolidated revenues of $256.1 million. Consolidated net income increased 55% to $14.2 million as compared to $9.
Famous Footwear the Lone Bright Spot for Brown Shoe in Q4
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended January 29 rose 9.8% to $476.5 million from $433.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
Net earnings were $8.5 million, or 46 cents per diluted share, versus $4.7 million, or 25 cen
Dorel Sees Q4 Boost From Pacific Cycle and Schwinn’s Sting Ray
Dorel revenues for the fourth quarter rose to $462 million, up 42.7% from $323.7 million a year ago. Net income for the fourth quarter jumped 69.6% to $34.7 million from $20.5 million. Income per share for the final quarter was $1.05 fully diluted, compar
Everlast Q4 Revenues Climb 20%; Net Loss Remains Constant
Everlast fourth quarter net revenues increased 20.3% to $14.8 million as compared to net revenues of $12.3 million in 2003. The increase was derived from strong men's apparel sales of $4.5 million which achieved a 200% increase over the 2003 period,
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