New Era Europe Launches Soccer SBU
New Era Cap Europe, a division of New Era Cap Co., announced the launch of a dedicated European Football business line. Headed up by Strategic Business Manager Ben Elkington, the department’s role is to increase New Era’s presence in the European Football
American Skiing Company Revenues Climb; Net Loss Shrinks
American Skiing Company announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 reflecting a 6% increase in total revenues and a $3.5 million reduction in net loss compared to the same period in fiscal 2004. The Company also reported signific
Retail Execs Upbeat Despite Weak Nov…
U.S. retail executives were rather hopeful for a strong start to the Holiday shopping season, based on the latest findings of the NRF Executive Opinion Survey, a monthly index by the National Retail Federation. The tempered outlook in the October survey
Rossignol H1 Profits Hurt by FX Rate Impact, Asia Restructuring…
Last month, SEW’s sister publication The B.O.S.S. Report reported that The Rossignol Group’s first half sales showed a marked improvement, but requests to delay shipments and exchange rates again pulled sales down.
Consolidated group sales for the firs
Huffy Corp. to Sell Snowboard Assets to Salter Group…
As SEW reported last week, Huffy Corporation filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy court seeking approval to sell its Hespeler hockey, in-line skates, and action sports businesses to Forzani Group Ltd. in a deal worth $1.6 million. Huffy was also soliciting
Umbro Upbeat at Analyst Meeting…
Umbro last week invited institutional investors and analysts to company HQ in the U.K. for presentations on Umbro’s marketing strategy, its international licensee network, new product development, and updates on the U.K. and U.S. markets…
Russell Athletic: And Then There Were Three… Again…
Russell Corporation continues to experiment with organizational structure, this time splitting the Russell Athletic business into three business units again after three years as a merged business. This time the business will be split into Team, Men’s Ret
Kellwood Q3 Sales Climb 11% with Strong Organic Growth
Kellwood reported sales for the third quarter increased $73 million, or 11% to $717 million, versus $644 million last year due to a combination of organic growth of $44 million, and acquisitions which provided $29 million of revenue. Net earnings in Q3 de
Forzani Net Earnings Up 8.7%; Corp. Retail Comps Fall 4.4%
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported third quarter net earnings of $6.4 million, 20 cents per diluted share, versus $5.9 million, 18 cents per diluted share, a year earlier. Excluding the effcts of a new reporting guideline, EPS for both quarters would have b
Red Sox Owner Added to Super Show Speaker Roster
Les Otten, the man who engineered the 2002 purchase of the Boston Red Sox, will be an added featured speaker at the International Business Intelligence Series during The Super Show/ 2005 (January 17-19, 2005, Orlando, FL). Otten will speak about topics r
NSGA Creates Special Management Conference Footwear Workshop
The National Sporting Goods Association is sponsoring the first-of-its-kind workshop that will seek ways to stimulate growth in the nearly $15 billion athletic footwear market. The workshop will be held Tuesday, May 24, at the 41st Annual NSGA Management
Oakley in Distribution Deal with The Hockey Company
Oakley, Inc. has entered into an agreement with The Hockey Company to be the company's exclusive worldwide distributor for its patented, optically correct, hockey face shields. By way of the distribution agreement, THC will begin marketing and dist
Columbia Cuts Ribbon on New Kentucky DC
Gert Boyle, Chairman of Columbia Sportswear Company®, Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield. and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher on Thursday commenced the official dedication of Columbia's new Robards, KY-based distribution center. Columbia anticipates
Royal Precision Adds ACI to PR Effort
Royal Precision, an industry leader in golf club shaft and grip manufacturing, has selected Alday Communications, Inc. (ACI) for additional public relations support in building consumer and trade awareness, announced Ray Lucas, VP Sales and Marketing of R
TJX Reports 2.0% Same-Store Sales Gain for November
The TJX Companies, Inc. reported that sales for November 2004 were $1.4 billion, up 10% over $1.3 billion achieved during the four-week period ended November 29, 2003. Consolidated comparable store sales for the four-week period ended November 27, 2004, i
