Dave Larson Joins Brooks
Brooks Sports, Inc. announced sports marketing and communications specialist Dave Larson joins Brooks as vice president of marketing…
Federated Q3 Earnings Dip on Fairly Flat Comps
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported third quarter net income fell 36.8% to $67 million, or 36 cents diluted
earnings per share, from $106 million, 54 cents per diluted share in the year-ago period. Excluding discontnued operations, Federated earni
Federated Moves Ahead With Burdines-Macy’s Merger
In conjunction with its broader national branding strategy for Macy's, Federated Department Stores, Inc. announced plans for converting six of Macy's seven Florida stores to Burdines-Macy's while closing one other in markets where Burdines
Payless Swings to Q3 Loss on 1.4% Comp Sales Decline
Payless ShoeSource, Inc. posted a loss of $2.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2003, compared to net earnings of $29.6 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.43, during the third quarter of fiscal 2002. Company
Shoe Pavilion Net Loss Widens on 4.7% Comp Sales Increase
Shoe Pavilion, Inc. announced a net loss of $1.2 million or
($0.18) per share, for the third quarter ended September 27, 2003 compared to a net loss of $104,000 or ($0.02) per share, for the third quarter of 2002. Net sales increased 13.9% to $21.6 milli
Osprey Forms EU Subsidiary
Osprey Packs has formed Osprey Europe, Ltd., a subsidiary company soon to be located in the south of the UK. Osprey Europe will be entirely focused on developing the Osprey retail distribution, sales volume and image for the whole of Europe and contiguous
OIA Files Protest With BLM
Outdoor Industry Association filed a formal protest late last week with the Bureau of Land Management objecting to the oil and gas lease sales proposed for the BLM quarterly auction on November 24…
WaterMark Revamps Management Team
WaterMark announced that Andy Papademetriou has joined WaterMark's management team as vice president of product development. Joe Pulliam has been promoted to executive vice president of business development and will remain at the Easley, S.C. facilit
OIA-UK Hosts Conference Focusing On Recreation Access
Access to the British mountains, moors and countryside will be a central theme at Finding Customers and Profit in the Great Outdoors, a major new conference to be staged by the OIA in Buxton next March…
Chaco Receives APMA Seal Of Acceptance
Chaco's Z/1 and Z/2 Performance sandals were recently awarded the Seal of Acceptance by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)…
Schoeller Opens New Korean Office
Schoeller Switzerland is opening a new office in Korea at a ceremony on October 10 in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul. In an effort to increase the company’s support to the very important and fast growing Korean market, this new facility will serve as a ma
True Temper Ride Steel Shafts to 53% Q3 Profit Gain
True Temper Sports, Inc. announced net sales for the third quarter increased 12.1% to $24.7 million from $22.0 million during the third quarter of 2002. Net income for the quarter increased to $2.3 million from $1.5 million in the third quarter of 2002…
Backbone Media Adds More Vertibrae
Backbone Media announced a series of new hires to expand its services and to meet growing demand for PR in the outdoor, fitness and lifestyle markets. Julie Oldham, formerly the Associate Publisher at Climbing Magazine, has joined the team to lead the Med
Famous Footwear October Comps Decline 4.9%
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. announced that October sales at Famous Footwear were $70,200,000 for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003 compared to $72,200,000 for the same
period last year (ended November 2, 2002). Same-store sales declined 4.9%. Thi
October Comps Up 1.4% at Payless
Payless ShoeSource same-store sales increased 1.4 percent during the October reporting period, the four weeks ended Saturday, November 1, 2003. Company sales totaled $207.5 million, a 2.5 percent increase from $202.5 million during fiscal October of last
