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The Access Fund Sees Success with AFLCC
The Access Fund is seeing unprecedented industry support of the Access Fund Land Conservation Campaign (AFLCC), a new movement to save endangered climbing areas. The AFLCC is a multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to provide local climbing
Petzl America Hires Vance as Technical Information Manager
Petzl America hired Rick Vance to the position of Technical Information Manager. Rick comes to Petzl with a background in engineering and a passion for climbing…
Wal-Mart Q3 Net Beats Street; Comps Dip 1.2% in Third Quarter
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported net sales for the second quarter were $100.082 billion, a decrease of 1.4% from $101.546 billion in the second quarter last year. Without the negative impact of currency exchange rates equal, net sales for the quarter incre
GSI Commerce Prices Common Stock Offering
GSI Commerce Inc. has priced its previously announced public offering of common stock at $17.00 per share. The company is selling 3,661,150 shares of common stock…
True Temper Q2 Loss Widens Substantially on Global Golf Downturn
True Temper Sports, Inc. reported that net sales for the second quarter were $21.2 million, compared to the $37.7 million in the second quarter of 2008…
Macy’s Sees Q2 Sales Fall 9.7%, Comps Down 9.5%
Macy's, Inc. reported earnings of 2 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2009, ended Aug. 1, 2009. These results include restructuring charges of $34 million ($77 million after tax; 18 cents per share) related to division consolidations
OIWC Launches Women’s-Specific Design Contest at Interbike
The Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition (OIWC) Intuition & Ingenuity: A Women's Product Showcase will make its debut at Interbike, promoting women's bike products and highlighting women who have designed, tested, or participated in introduci
Rawlings Named Supplier of Aflac All-America High School Baseball Classic
Rawlings was recently named as the Official Equipment and Uniform Supplier of the annual Aflac All American High School Baseball Classic…
Stage Stores Reaffirms Q2 EPS Guidance; July Comps Down 11.9%
Stage Stores, Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the four-week July period ended August 1 decreased 11.9% this year on top of a decrease of 6.2% last year…
The Buckle Sees Comp Store Growth Moderate in July
The Buckle, Inc. reported that comparable store net sales for the four-week period ended August 1, 2009 increased 2.8% from comparable store net sales for the year-ago period…
K-Swiss Posts Loss in Q2, Worldwide Futures Down 30.6%,
K-Swiss Inc. reported sales slumped 34.8% in the second quarter to $54 million from $82.9 million a year ago. The company reported a net loss of $11.5 million, or 33 cents a share, in the period…
New Report Finds Pregnant Women Should Exercise
Physicians should recommend low to moderate exercise for their pregnant patients, even if they have not exercised prior to pregnancy, says a report in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons…
Quiksilver to Sell Swimwear in Vending Machines
Quiksilver reached an agreement to sell co-branded, board shorts and bikinis available pool side in automated dispensing machines at Standard Hotels, which has locations are in downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, and Spa Miami…
2009 Interbike Exhibitor List on Par with Last Year
Interbike said its 2009 exhibitor list on par with last year with major exhibitors returning. Interbike International Expo and Outdoor Demo is set for Las Vegas the week of September 21-25…
Eastern Mountain Sports Lands New Financing
Eastern Mountain Sports said that in order to facilitate future growth, it closed on new financing totaling $50 million. In addition to raising new equity from existing investors, EMS closed on a new, larger senior credit facility led by Wells Fargo Retai
