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BJ’s Sees 1.5% July Comp Gain

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. reported sales for July increased by 6% to $650.5 million from $613.9 million. On a comparable club basis, July sales increased by 1.5%…

Buckle Sees 30% Net Sales Jump in July

The Buckle, Inc. saw July net sales jump 30.3% to $44.3 million from net sales of $34.0 million last year. Comparable store net sales, for stores open at least one year, increased 7.6% from comparable store net sales in the year-ago month…

JC Penney July Dept. Store Comps Jump 10.8%

JC Penney Company, Inc. reported that total company sales increased 13.3% for the four weeks ended Aug. 4, including a 13.6% increase in total department store sales. Comparable department store sales increased 10.8% following a 4.9% increase last year, a

Costco July Comps Up 7%

Costco Wholesale reported net sales of $5.02 billion for the month of July, the four weeks ended August 5, 2007, an increase of 11% from $4.53 billion in the same four-week period last year. Comparable sales rose 7%…

Paddlesports at Open Air Demo

Moved from the original Willard Bay site because of low water conditions the Open Air Demo at the Pinewa Reservoir near Odgen, UT was filled with a colorful variety of kayaks, canoes and sit-on tops launching from shore…

3point5.com Acquires BroForm Parent Company

3point5.com finalized an agreement to purchase Influence Technologies. ITI, based in Tustin, California, specializes in online consumer and business-to-business catalogs, specialty sales programs and manages industry-specific web marketplaces including Br

OR’s Summer Open Air Demo Pulls in a More Diverse Crowd…

While the OR Summer Market Open Air Demo has traditionally been a predominantly paddlesports oriented event, more land-based brands are showing up every year. Several GPS companies, like Magellan, and Garmin have been attending the outdoor event for years

Zumiez July Revs Jump 42.4%

Zumiez Inc., the action sports retailer, announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended August 4, 2007 increased 42.4% to $28.2 million, compared to $19.8 million for the four-week period ended July 29, 2006. The company's comparable s

Everlast Revs Jump 24%

Everlast Worldwide Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter increased 24% to $12.2 million, compared to $9.8 million in the same period in 2006. Growth in net revenue resulted from a 28% increase in sporting goods sales to a record $8.7 million. The

Mountainsmith Names Director of Sales

Erik Specht will take over as director of sales for Mountainsmith with responsibility for domestic and international sales including the development of sales strategies and programs as well as dealer relations. He will also be an integral part of the comp

International Trade Commission Report Supports OIA and SIA Position

Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) and SnowSports Industries America’s (SIA) assertion that no commercially viable production of performance outerwear pants and jackets in the United States was confirmed by a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) re

NexCen Inks Deal to Open 100 Athlete’s Foot Stores

NexCen Brands, Inc. signed a 20-year deal with TAF Mid-America Enterprises, Inc., a domestic and international franchisee of The Athlete's Foot for the last 17 years, to open a minimum of 100 additional TAF stores over the next 14 years. The minimum

Cabela’s Q1 Comps Slip 0.8%; Sales Jump 16.5%

Cabela's Incorporated saw total revenue for the second quarter jump 16.5% to $451.2 million from $387.3 million for the year-ago period. Total retail revenue increased 31.8% to $199.6 million, which included a same store sales decrease of 0.8%. Net i

Traser Watches Names VP of Sales

traser H3 Watch USA/mb-microtec has named watch industry veteran Tony Aliffi as its vice president of sales effective June 1. Aliffi is based in the Atlanta Metro Area and will report directly to the company’s vice president of the board in Switzerland…

Dorel Sees Bikes Drive Sales, But Net Down on Restructuring

Dorel Industries Inc. recorded a 5.3% increase in second quarter net revenues to $459.0 million from $435.9 million for the same period last year. Net income for the period was $10.8 million or 32 cents per diluted share, down 39.7% from $17.9 million or