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After a flat first quarter, Thule reported first half sales increased 5.5% to SEK 1.52 billion ($214 mm). The success was driven primarily by a solid performance in Europe, which saw sales increase 10% due to growth in rear-mount carriers and boxes. The c

Rocky Shoes and boots reported that second quarter sales and income doubled due to their acquisition of EJ Footwear. However, on an organic basis, Rocky sales were relatively flat, only climbing 0.4% during the quarter to $27.5 million, and falling 0.4% t

During the second quarter, GSI Commerce Inc. continued its expansion outside the realms of sporting goods, signing agreements with both GNC and Zale Corporation. Despite the growth into other markets and increases in revenues, the company yet again failed

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported that comp store sales for the fiscal second quarter ended July 3 were up 2.7% on top of a 3.9% same-store increase in Q2 last year. The retailer issued the sales news late last week, but also indicated that it would de

Cabela's Inc. will get a nice $90 million boost in the cash line this year from the sale of land and the monetization of economic development bonds. CAB pocketed roughly $21 million from the sale of land around four of its store locations. Only $1.

Columbia Sportswear Company was able to cut deeply into the excess outerwear inventories left over from the 2004 fourth quarter and moved quickly to liquidate any sportswear issues from the Spring/Summer 2005 lines. The action helped boost second quarter

Eagle Creek is expanding the positioning its Clive brand into the outdoor distribution channel to capitalize on the emerging youth lifestyle category. Clive joins the spring 2006 outdoor market as a “new brand,” repositioned with an entirely new and uniq

Antoine Lavigueur of East Coast Apparel and John Phaneuf of Phaneuf Sports Marketing have formed a partnership and combined the two agencies to form East Coast Action Sports…

Lafuma has had a difficult quarter following the acquisition of Oxbow with a slow market at retail and a “notable” drop in sales of camping furniture, one of the company’s mainstays. Including sales contributed by the new Oxbow business, Lafuma revenues i

Black Diamond Equipment and Scarpa, two brands that have practically been interchangeable over the past two decades, have terminated their longtime working relationship. The decision will be effective at the end of 2005. Scarpa will begin anew in the U.S.

Stable. Strong. Healthy. From the largest conglomerate to the smallest family-owned specialty manufacturers, those are the words paddlesports executives have used to describe the market. The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market will open with paddlesports manuf

After watching demand for their upper-end NFL product plummet over the last year, Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Company moved to build new revenues streams in a deal with The Collegiate Licensing Company to design, manufacture, and sell nostalgic collegiate s