VF Corporation reported first quarter sales rose 9% to $1.56 billion from $1.43 billion in the year-ago quarter. Net income increased 18% to $122.9 million from $103.9 million, with earnings per share rising 15% to $1.07 from 93 cents per share. The acq

Zumiez, the 140-door action sports retailer that is gearing up for an Initial Public Offering, filed an amended S-1 with the SEC on Thursday pricing 1.875 million shares in the $15 to $17 per share range. At that range, the total raised in the IPO would b

Despite hitting its estimates for sales and earnings for Q1, Deckers saw its shares plunge 25% last week after the company started to show some weakness in its core Teva business. Analysts may also be spooked a bit by the reliance placed on the UGG brand

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. got fairly balanced performances from each of their divisions in the first quarter ended March 26, with all groups reporting “solid” revenue growth and double-digit earnings gains for the period, but the Outdoor Group, which inc

K2’s diversification seems to be paying off by balancing the seasonality of the different businesses and compensating for any unseasonable weather-related issues that have been plaguing many other manufacturers. Still, the balance didn’t help the bottom l

Four Atlas Snow-Shoe Company staff members completed a technical Trans-Sierra snowshoe trek traveling from Symmes Creek near Independence, Calif., on the Eastern side of the range, to Wolverton Ski Area in Sequoia National Park through John Muir Wildernes

Mossimo Giannulli is making a bid to buy back the 35% of his company that is currently outstanding in publicly held shares. He is offering $4.00 per share in cash, representing a 20% premium to the closing price of the company's common stock when th

Jim O’Brien, founder of O’Brien & Associates, in Detroit, Michigan, passed away April 12 after battling numerous illnesses over the last few years. He was 75 years old.
Mr. O'Brien founded the agency over 35 years ago, covering the Midwest territory.