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Cutter and Buck Profits Jump on 10% Sales Increase

Cutter & Buck Inc. second quarter sales increased 10.7% to $37.3 million. Corporate business unit sales were $14.8 million, a 5.9% increase. Golf sales were $7.7 million during the second quarter, a 4.6% increase. Specialty retail sales of $9.9 million in

Spy Optic Shuffles California Reps

Spy Optic's rep Nik Hennessee will be transitioning from his present territory of Los Angeles to the Orange County region. Due to pressing family matters, existing OC rep Todd Madsen will be moving to Northern California. He will be greatly missed a

Atlas Supports BAWT

Atlas Snow-Shoe Company has donated snowshoes and training to create a snowshoeing program for Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT). BAWT will hold its first snowshoe training course on December 7th (classroom) and Dec 9th (field training) 2006.

Atlas Supports BAWT

Atlas Snow-Shoe Company has donated snowshoes and training to create a snowshoeing program for Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT). BAWT will hold its first snowshoe training course on December 7th (classroom) and Dec 9th (field training) 2006.

Cunnane Joins Bikes Belong Board of Directors

Bikes Belong Coalition elected Pat Cunnane, president of Fuji Bicycles, to the organization's board of directors. He joins 16 other industry leaders directing Bikes Belong's efforts to put more people on bicycles more often…

RVI Explores Strategic Alternatives for Value City

Retail Ventures, Inc. is exploring strategic alternatives for its Value City Department Stores operations, including a possible sale of the division. RVI has retained Financo, Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp. as its financial advisors to assist in this e

PGA Merchandise Show to Feature Titleist Performance Institue

The PGA Merchandise Show, running Jan. 25-27 in Orlando, Fla. will feature the Titleist Performance Institute as one of the offerings of the show. The Titleist Performance Institute, founded and created by both Dave Phillips and Dr. Greg Rose
in 2003, fo

PPA Hosts Second Annual National School for Paddlesports Business

The Professional Paddlesports Association (PPA) will host the second session of the National School for Paddlesports Business in Loudonville, Ohio from March 19 to 21, 2007,. The school is designed to improve business management knowledge, skills, and abi

Heelys Inc. Prices IPO Range in Time for Holidays…

Heelys Inc., perhaps representing one of the few “must have” items for Christmas this year out of the sporting goods industry, took the opportunity of Black Friday to issue a price range on its pending initial public offering of shares. The IPO will cons

Chaco Names Ragan as Director of Sales

Chaco added Doug Ragan to its senior management team as director of sales. Ragan brings over 25 years of outdoor industry experience to his new post.
In his previous position, Ragan was director of sales, East and International for the Yakima brand. Since

Asics First Half Bottom Line Impacted by Increased Taxes

For the first half ending September 30, Asics Corp. saw net sales increase 15.1% to ¥95.4 billion ($828.1 million) from ¥82.9 billion ($758.1 million) last year. Gross margin for the company increased 120 basis points to 43.4% of net sales from 42.2% duri

Oakley to Acquire Eye Safety…

Oakley has inked a deal to acquire Eye Safety Systems, Inc., a supplier of military, law enforcement, and firefighting protective eyewear. Oakley will pay $110 million in cash for “essentially all of the assets” of the company. Oakley expects the acquisit