Escalade Sports Posts Sales and Earnings Gains in Q1

Escalade, Incorporated posted revenues in the first quarter of 2007 that were relatively unchanged in total from the same period last year. However, revenues in the Sporting Goods segment increased 3% in the first quarter compared to the same quarter last

Brine Names Brand Manager for Women’s LAX

Brine Corp named Jenny Riitano Levy as the brand manager for Women's Lacrosse and Field Hockey. In this role, Levy will oversee the brand development and marketing of both the women's lacrosse and field hockey lines. She reports directly to Br

Joe’s Officially Launches Revamped Website

Joe's, formerly G.I. Joe's, formerly unveiled its redesigned and reorganized webstore, www.joesports.com. The updated webstore, http://www.joessports.com/, was redesigned by Joe's e-commerce platform provider GSI Commerce, Inc. to reflect i

Stage Stores March Comps Jump 12.4%

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that its total sales for the five-week March period through April 7 increased 14.9% to $151.0 million from $131.4 million in the prior year five-week March period ending April 1, 2006. Comparable store sales increased 12.4% ver

PacSun March Comps Jump 14.1%; demo Sales Remain Slow

Pacific Sunwear of California total sales for March were $140.3 million, an increase of 17.6% over total sales of $119.3 million during the same five week period last year. Total Company same-store sales increased 14.1% during the same period. Due to the

Buckle Posts 10.7% March Comps Jump

The Buckle, Inc. posted a 12.7% increase in net sales for the month of March to $49.4 million from net sales of $43.8 million for the prior year period. Comparable store net sales increased 10.7%…

J.C. Penney Posts 10.6% March Comps Jump

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. total department store sales increased 13.3% for March, and include results from seven new stores the company opened the first week of the month. Comparable department store sales increased 10.6%, compared to initial guidance fo

JJB Fiscal 2006 Sales Climb 8.7% on Replica Jerseys

JJB Sports reported that total revenue for the 2006 fiscal year was £810.3 million ($1.47 bn), 8.7% higher than the £745.2 million ($1.37 bn) reported in 2005. Total revenue from the Leisure Division increased 38.5%, which reflects in part the increase in

Keen Expands Hybrid.Give into Japan

In January 2007, KEEN announced their new Hybrid.Give campaign to highlight the KEEN Foundation and its expanded global efforts. As part of the campaign, KEEN is working closely with their international distributors as they seek out grassroots non-profit

TJX Co.’s March Comps Increase 6%

The TJX Companies, Inc. sales for the month of March were $1.7 billion, up 11% over the $1.5 billion achieved during the same period last year. For the nine weeks ended April 7, 2007, sales reached $2.9 billion, a 9% increase over last year's $2.6 bi

Neiman Marcus Comps Climb 10.3% in March

Neiman Marcus reported comps for the five-week March period, in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 10.3%. Total revenues for the month increased 12.7% to $423 million…

Gramicci Hires National and Global Sales Director

Gramicci apparel hired Matthew Kaseta as director of national and global sales. Kaseta, who has more than 20 years of sales and product management experience, has worked with internationally known brands including Bell Sports, Burton Snowboards, Reebok an

Phoenix Footwear Appoints New VP of Sales

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. has appointed Michael Crosno as VP of sales of the company's Trotters and SoftWalk divisions, effective immediately. Most recently, Crosno spent seven years as National Sales Manager at Munro & Company, Inc.'s Ameri