Callaway Golf Anticipates Strong Q2 Results
Callaway Golf Company expects net sales for the second quarter to be approximately $380 million, representing a year-over-year increase of approximately 11%. Management also estimates that based on these sales levels, earnings per diluted share will incre
Fly Fishing Retailer Sees Retailer Registration Up 25%
With new show dates of September 16-18, 2007, FlyFishing Retailer total attendee registration is already up 25% over last year, with retail store registration numbers also boasting double-digit increases…
Nike Signs Kevin Durant
Sonics forward Kevin Durant signed an endoresment contract with Nike, apparently spurning a higher offer from adidas. According to the Seattle Times, the seven-year, $60 million deal with Nike included a $10 million signing bonus…
Texas AandM Signs With Adidas
Texas A&M has signed a sponsorship contract with Adidas, replacing Nike. Terms of the contract weren't disclosed…
Sports, Inc. Reports Success at Athletics Show
Sports, Inc. reports its Athletics show, recently held in St. Charles, MO, was one of the group's most successful ever. “Order volume was up over 30%,” according to Todd Adams, athletics marketing director, while 189 member locations attended. Also a
RECALL: Thule Bicycle Racks
In voluntary cooperation with federal authorities, Thule, Inc. of Seymour, Connecticut has issued a recall of a number of its discontinued hitch-style bicycle racks. Thule has determined that a pinch point exists between the bike arm bracket and the uprig
Nike and Lance Armstrong Launch LIVESTRONG Collection
Nike and Lance Armstrong have enlarged their partnership to now launch the LIVESTRONG Collection of apparel, footwear and accessories for men, women and kids. Nike will give all profits from the collection to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports
Half-Moon Outfitters Receives LEED Platinum Certification
The new Half-Moon corporate office and warehouse in North Charleston, S.C. has just been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum. Half-Moon becomes only the nation’s 25th new construction or
Half Moon Achieves Platinum Rating on New Distribution Center
In what was once an old Piggly Wiggly Grocery store and more recently a transmissions shop, Half-Moon Outfitters has completed what might be the “greenest” renovation in the country. The new Half-Moon corporate office and warehouse has just been awarded t
J. C. Penney June Comps Decline 1.5%
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. department store sales increased 1.4% for the five weeks ended July 7, 2007. Comparable department store sales decreased 1.5%, in-line with guidance for a low-single digit decline. Last year, comparable department store sales in
Wal-Mart June Comps Inch-Up 1.6%
Wal-Mart Stores net sales for the five-week month of June were $22.94 billion compared to $21.412 billion for the same month last year, a 7.1% increase. Comparable store sales were up 1.6% for the five-week period…
Big 5 Cuts Guidance on First Quarterly Comp Decrease in Over Eleven Years
Big 5 Sporting Goods same store sales declined 0.2% for the fiscal 2007 second quarter, representing its first quarterly comps decrease in over eleven years. Net sales increased 2.9%, to $217.8 million from $211.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal
BJ’s Wholesale Club June Comps Climb 5.3%
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. net sales for June 2007 increased by 9.8% to $886.8 million from $807.3 million in June 2006. On a comparable club basis, sales increased by 5.3%, including a contribution from sales of gasoline of 1.4% and a negative impact
West Marine Quarterly Comps Decline 2.9%
West Marine, Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the thirteen weeks ended June 30, 2007 decreased 2.9%. Net sales for the period were $247.8 million, a decrease of 6.3% from net sales of $264.5 million a year ago…
Dillard’s Comps Slip 1% for June
Dillard's, Inc.'s comparable stores decreased 1% iin June. Sales for the five weeks ended July 7, were $620.7 million compared $622.8 ,810,000. Total sales were unchanged on a percentage basis for the five-week period…
