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Stage Stores Suffers 9.5% August Comp Decline

Stage Stores, Inc. reported that its total sales for the four week August period decreased 7.4% to $111 million from $120 million in the prior month. Comparable store sales decreased 9.5% this year versus a decrease of 8.3% last year…

Hoopsworld Names Top 55 Basketball Influencers

Foot Locker's Keith Daly, Nike's George Raveling, adidas' Lawrence Norman and Dick's SG's Ed Stack all ranked near the top of Hoopworld.com's list of its Most Influential In Basketball. The 55 “Influencers” also included nume

Cool Temperatures Chill July Outdoor Sales

Retail sales for all core outdoor stores combined (chain, internet, specialty) declined 4% compared to last July, moving from $371 million to $358 million, according to the most recent edition of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Outdoor Topline Repo

Zumiez Sees August Comps Fall 12.1% on Declining Sales

Zumiez Inc. said total net sales for the four-week period ended August 29, decreased 2.9% to $51.7 million, compared to $53.2 million a year ago. Comps decreased 12.1% versus an increase of 0.2% in the year ago period…

Globe Int’l Posts Fiscal Year Loss as U.S. Sales Fall 20%

Globe International Limited reported that net sales were down 3% to A$116.9 million ($88 mm) for the fiscal year ended June 30. In constant currency terms net sales were down 14% versus the prior year, as Globe felt the impact of the global economic downt

Pacific Brands Posts FY Loss as Sales Slide 5.5%

Pacific Brands Inc. posted an Australian $234.5 million ($194.2 mm) net loss in its fiscal year ended June 30, dragged down by big writedowns on brands, manufacturing plants and other parts of the business. That’s down from a A$116.6 million ($96.6

Globe Int’l Sales Fall 3% on Weakness from N. America

Globe International Limited (GLB) said recently the cost reduction and restructuring initiatives undertaken over the past twelve months have lead to improved results for the second half of the financial year…

Sportsmen’s Groups Call On Senate to Block Sunstein

Fifteen of the nation's leading conservation and sportsmen organizations sent a letter recently to all U.S. Senators requesting they oppose the nomination of Cass R. Sunstein to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), according

Ardent Chooses Agency

Ardent, an American-owned company manufacturing high-performance fishing reels and accessories that are made in the U.S.A., has chosen St. Louis-based advertising agency XG-ad as the agency of record for Ardent's promotional and merchandising materia

Savage Range Systems Lands Big Order

Savage Range Systems, manufacturers of indoor and outdoor shooting ranges, bullet traps, target systems and shoot houses, has received a multi-million dollar order from Anderson Construction Company to install an 84-position firing range as part of a new

Interbike Partners with GSD Productions

A recent partnership between Interbike and GSD Productions will bring cyclo-cross racing to the Outdoor Demo East, held October 8-11, 2009 at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island…

Tompkins Joins Spira Footwear in Advisory Role

Spira Footwear has tapped Jim Tompkins, the former president and COO of New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc., for an advisory role to direct the development and expansion of the patented WaveSpring-inspired Spira brand…

Columbia Sportswear Sues Ex-Designer

Columbia Sportswear has sued a former footwear designer for using company time, equipment and information to do work for competitors, according to a report in the Oregonian. Brian O'Boyle designed for several business rivals, including Crocs, accordi