New Era Cap Company said it opened a new office for its Acton Sports Business Unit – 9842 Research Drive in Irvine, California. The company, based in Buffalo, said the move solidifies New Era's presence in the action sports industry and further comm
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Golf Galaxy Launches Golf Education Website
Golf Galaxy, Inc. launched www.RalphMaltby.com, a new web site designed to help golfers improve their game through education and information on the technical aspects of design, technology, and equipment…
Nau Open For Business
Nau Inc., an environmentally friendly outdoor apparel company from Portland, is finally open for business. After years of preparation and development, the outdoor company launched its e-commerce Web site last week, and announced plans to open four retail
Zumiez March Comps Up 12%
Zumiez Inc. saw total net sales for the month of March increase 43.9% to $20.7 million, compared to $14.4 million for the four-week period ended February 25, 2006…
G-III Apparel Group Prices Secondary Offering
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., an outerwear and sportswear manufacturer, priced an offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $20 per share. Of these shares, 1,621,000 shares will be sold by the company and 2,879,000 shares w
Ahnu Inks Deal with Pale Morning Media
Ahnu Footwear will partner with Pale Morning Media LLC for national public relations support. REI supported the brand’s development and launch by providing a seed investment to support the company’s start-up costs. A unique requirement of the investment i
Snow Sports Drag Quiksilver’s Fiscal Q1 Profits Down
Quiksilver, Inc. net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 increased 2% to $552.5 million from $541.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Consolidated net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 amounted to $2.5 million compared to $1
Zeal to Open Boulder Office
Zeal Optics wil establish a Boulder CO area sales office. The new sales office and showroom is the first step of a multi-year growth plan to support Zeal’s expanding sales and network of sport retailers in the US and Internationally…
Ashworth Posts Q1 Net Loss on Sales Decrease
Ashworth, Inc. saw net revenues for the company's fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2007 decrease 5.8% to $38.3 million from $40.6 million. In addition, the company posted a net loss of $2.4 million, or 17 cents per diluted share, for the quarte
Costco Comps Increase 5% in Q2
Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 increased to $14.80 billion from $13.79 billion during the second quarter of fiscal 2006. Comp sales increased 5% for the quarter…
Lotto Opens Verona Store
Lotto Sport Italia opened a new Lotto Store in the heart of the Verona. The new store extends over 200 sq. m. on one single floor. The important Veronese location brings the number of Lotto stores presently trading in Italy to 33, direct or managed throug
Wal-Mart Comps Stay Flat in February
Wal-Mart February sales increased 5.6% to $17.572 billion compared to $16.639 billion last year. Comp store sales for the month increased 0.4%…
Gottchalks reports 3.6% February Comp Decline
Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of February 2007 decreased 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stor
Famous Footwear Q4 Comps Increase 2.9%
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. saw fourth quarter net sales increase 6.6% to $639.3 million, from $599.6 million last year. Sales at the company's Famous Footwear concept increased 13.0% to $320.9 million for the 14 week fourth quarter, versus $284.1 milli
Cutter and Buck Q3 Income Falls on 3% Sales Decline
Cutter & Buck Inc. fiscal third quarter sales decreased 3.2% to $30.3 million compared to 31.2 million during the third quarter last year. Net income was $300,000, a decline of 40% compared to $500,000 last year. The third quarter is seasonally low for Cu
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