Descente Posts Fiscal Q2 Sales, Profit Gains

Descente, the Japanese snowsports apparel company, reported sales for the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 11.3 percent to ¥26.1 billion ($332 mm) from ¥23.5 billion ($302 mm) in the year-ago period…

Yonex Sees Fiscal Q2 Net Income Dip

Yonex, a Japanese provide of tennis, badminton and golf products, reported total sales for the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 inched up 0.9 percent to ¥10.2 billion ($129 mm) from ¥10.1 billion ($130 mm) from in the prior-year period. Gross margins

Freedom Group’s Q3 Reveues Jump 20 Percent

Freedom Group, the parent of Remington Arms, reported sales increased 20.2 percent to $237.9 million from $198.0 million. Net earnings applicable to shareholders improved to $15.6 million from $1.7 million a year ago…

Spy-Branded Eyewear Sales Up 17 Percent in Third Quarter

Spy Inc. reported net sales increased by $700,000, or 8 percent, to $9.9 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012, as its reinvigorated line of Spy-branded sunglasses and goggles racked up double-digit growth despite the tough sell-in environment for

VF Corp. Eyes Opening More Full-Price Timberland Stores

VF Corp. is contemplating opening more full-price Timberland stores in the United States to coincide with the brand’s apparel re-launch next fall, CFO Bob Shearer told analysts at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference last week…

Bass Pro Real Estate Exec Joins Carmike Cinemas

Carmike Cinemas, Inc. named Thomas H. Wilkinson as its new director of real estate and development to support the movie theater operator's expansion plans. Prior to joining Carmike, Wilkinson was the director of real estate at Bass Pro Shops for six

Ohio State Partners with J. America and Fanatics

The Ohio State University announced that J. America and Fanatics, Inc. have been named the university’s licensed apparel and retail partners. The 10-year agreement guarantees $97 million over the term to help fund scholarships…

Report: State Loopholes Impede Physical Education Programs

The 2012 Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA, released by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association, finds that while 74.5 percent of states mandate physical educa

New Balance/Red Sox Announce 2013 Run-Walk to Home Base

Runners and walkers will once again experience the thrill of crossing Fenway Park’s home base while supporting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and their families in the fourth annual Run-Walk to Home Base Presented by New Balance Saturday, May 4,