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OIA Names Avery Stonich Communications Manager
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has hired Avery Stonich as communications manager. With this new position, the OIA communications department grows to three full-time employees, reflecting the association’s commitment to better serve the membershi
MTN Approach Hires John Kaiser to Guide Second Season
MTN Approach is in its first season of product delivery and is excited to bring in John Kaiser to help build the business systems. Kaiser will be managing projects and people to help grow brand recognition worldwide while also heading up the daily operat
Bearpaw Footwear Hires International Business Director
Bearpaw Footwear hired Richard Marten as its vice president of international business development…
RECALL: 44,000 Chariot Carriers and 70,000 Trailer Converter Kits
Chariot Carriers, now owned by Thule, is voluntarily recalling about 44,000 bicycle trailers and 70,000 bicycle trailer conversion kits because the trailer’s hitch mechanisms can crack and break, causing the trailer to detach from the bicycle. This
Big 5 Cuts Q4 Forecasts on Mild Winter Weather Impact
Big 5 Sporting Goods reported sales for the fourth quarter were flat at $226.7 million. Same store sales decreased 2.1 percent for the quarter. The company achieved same store sales growth in the low mid-single-digit range through the first half of the q
Nike to Open Georgetown Location
Nike is expected to replace the large Barnes & Noble store on M Street in Georgetown, according to a Vornado, the real estate developer…
Kelly Brush Foundation Awards $100,514 in Grants to Enhance Ski Safety
The Kelly Brush Foundation awarded $100,514 in grants for spinal cord injury prevention at the end of 2011, including $53,442 in ski racing safety grants to ski clubs and teams across the country and $47,072 for adaptive athletic equipment such as monoski
Former Dick’s SG Exec Gets Three Years in Prison for Kickback Scheme
Joseph Queri Jr., former vice president of real estate at Dick's Sporting Goods, was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for taking $2 million in kickbacks over seven years, according to syracuse.com…
GeoPalz Donates 1,200 Pedometers to St. Louis YMCA
GeoPalz has donated more than 1,200 of its kids' pedometers to the YMCA of Greater St. Louis, which will distribute the units to participants in the Association’s youth Urban Core programs…
TJX Companies Reports November Comps Up 4 Percent
The TJX Companies, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended Nov. 26 were $2.04 billion, up 4% over the $1.96 billion achieved during the four-week period ended Nov. 27, 2010. Consolidated comparable store sales increased 4% compared to last year
Targets Comps Up 4.1 Percent in July
Target Corporation that net retail sales for the four weeks ended July 30, 2011 were $4.84 billion, an increase of 5.6 percent from $4.59 million for the four weeks ended July 31, 2010…
K-Swiss’ Q2 Revenues Catapult 40.0 Percent
K-Swiss Inc. reported that its net loss in the second quarter increased to $20.0 million, or 56 cents a share, from $14.5 million, or 41 cents, a year ago. Revenues increased 40.0 percent to $65.5 million from $46.8 million…
The Bon-Ton’s July Comps Slip 1.6 Percent
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. reported comparable store sales for the four weeks ended July 30, 2011 decreased 1.6%. Total sales decreased 2.3% to $173.6 million for the four weeks compared with $177.6 million for the prior year period…
Gildan Activewear’s Profits Soar 42 Percent in Q3
Gildan Activewear reported earnings jumped 41.7 percent in the third quarter ended July 3, to $94.1 million, or 77 cents a share. Higher net selling prices, combined with manufacturing efficiencies and the 3-cents-per-share accretive impact of the acquisi
Stage Stores’ July Comps Up Slightly; Sales Increase 2.2 Percent
Stage Stores, Inc. total sales for the four week period ended July 30, 2011 increased 2.2% to $102 million from $100 million in the prior year four week period ended July 31, 2010…
