Continuing to feel the impact of a slow start to the boating season due to “harsh winter and spring weather,” West Marine Inc. reported second-quarter earnings slid 17.7 percent to $18.3 million, or 75 cents a share, falling short of Wall Stre
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Rocky Brands Q2 Revenues Climb Double-Digits
Rocky Brands, Inc. reported second quarter sales increased 15.8 percent to $68.8 million, led by double-digit sales increases on a percentage basis in its Work, Western, and Hunting categories…
HanesBrands Q2 Boosted by Activewear
HanesBrands, the parent of Champion, Hanes and Gear for Sports, reported that acquisition benefits, a strong Activewear performance, and increased operating efficiencies drove record second-quarter financial results. The company again raised its full-year
Skechers Delivers Blowout Quarter
Marking the highest quarterly sales in the company's 22-year history, Skechers USA, Inc. reported second quarter sales jumped 37.1 percent to $587.1 million…
Sig Sauer Announces Layoffs
Sig Sauer, the maker of firearms, announced that it had laid off an unspecified number of employees. The company, based in Newington, NH, cited a decline in gun sales after record-high sales in prior years…
West Marine Cuts Guidance After Q2 Shortfall
West Marine Inc. lowered its guidance for the year after a disappointing second quarter. Second-quarter earnings were down 17.7 percent to $$18.3 million, or 75 cents a share, short of Wall Street's consensus estimate of 86 cents a share. Comparable-
Jarden Outdoor Profits Grow Six Times Faster Than Sales in Q2
Jarden Corp. reported earnings at its Outdoor Solutions segment grew 12.8 percent in the second quarter or more than six times faster than sales, which were up 1.9 percent from a year earlier…
Implus Acquires DryGuy and MaxxDry Dryers
Implus has acquired DryGuy, a leading supplier of footwear dryers and thermal layering systems. This latest addition to the Implus family of brands will fall under the company’s Outdoor Division, which also includes Yaktrax, ICEtrekkers and Little H
Mavic Promotes Walker, Adds Sales Reps
Mavic Inc. has promoted longtime factory sales representative Aaron Walker to the new position of product merchandising manager and hired new sales reps in the upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions…
Sierra Design Hires Conradt to Drive International Sales
Sierra Designs, which has recently reinvented its line of backpacking gear, rebuilt its U.S. sales team, has hired outdoor industry veteran Bill Conradt to drive international sales…
TomTom Doubles Sport Sales in Second Quarter
TomTom reported that revenues from sports products more than doubled in the second quarter thanks to the introduction of its Cardio GPS sport watches, which are now available in 26 countries…
Columbia Sportswear’s Q2 Revenues Climb 16 Percent
Columbia Sportswear Co. reported sales grew 16 percent in the second quarter to $324.2 million compared with sales of $280.5 million for the same period in 2013. Columbia brand net sales increased $38.5 million, or 15 percent, to $291.0 million, and the
Eagle Imports Chooses Marketing Agency of Record
Eagle Imports Inc., an exclusive US importer of international firearm brands including Bersa, MAC, American Classic, SPS and Comanche today announces a new creative and strategic partnership with outdoor marketing agency, Epicosity…
Task Force Formed to Counter Cyber Threats to Hunters
Sportsmen, conservation organizations and outdoor personalities met at the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) headquarters to develop strategies to counter the recent increase in cyber-attacks on hunters…
Top Officials Call for Renewal of Land and Water Conservation Fund
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) joined Randy Newberg, host of The Sportsman Channel's “Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg,” to discuss the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
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