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Cabot Hosiery Mills has created the Darn Tough Vermont brand of All Weather Performance Socks. Cabot Hosiery Mills, with manufacturing facilities and offices located in Northern Vermont, is a family owned business that has over three generations of sock m

In November of 2002 Kim Walker and Mike Callas took the final step after years of preparation and opened a new outdoor store on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO. Downtown Boulder already sported over a dozen sporting goods and outdoor stores, but just

Over the past few years, EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a CEO or GMM, but the company still produced respectable results with an estimated $180 million in sales in 2003. Late last year, Will Manzer came on-board as the com

A former Vans executive, Scott Brabson, and a Former Columbia Sportswear executive who was consulting for Vans, Jay Rosendahl, are facing a 13-count federal indictment for bribery, money laundering, and mail & wire fraud. The pair allegedly worked togethe

Cutter & Buck took a big hit in the Golf specialty channel in their fiscal first quarter ended July 31, but pointed to new moves being made to reverse the declining trend. Jim Grundberg, who held product marketing positions at both Callaway and TaylorMade

Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, also spent some time with investors at the Goldman Sachs conference, again reiterating that the retailer will continue its goal of achieving 15% of total sales coming from private label. Stack sees the

Quiksilver beat earnings estimates for the fiscal third quarter ended July 31, posting diluted EPS of 32 cents for the period against analysts expectations for 29 cents a share, thanks in large part to a nice improvement in gross margin, continued sales s

Tim Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear, presented his company’s business plan and future strategies at the 11th Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retail Conference held in New York City. Boyle opened with a bit of a history lesson, explaining the e

Industry retailers continued their momentum in building a stronger bottom line in the second quarter, again easily outpacing the growth in the sales line for the period. Even after stripping out the benefits of acquisitions and excluding the impact of in

The Forzani Group Ltd. saw flat operating earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended August 1 on lower sales and improved margins resulting from cleaner inventories, more closeout sales, and sales from private label products…

Representatives from the National Wildlife Federation, Colorado Government, The Central Wilderness Coalition and Outdoor Industry Association all gathered in Denver this past week to voice concerns about the changes in the roadless policies in federal for

For years Eastern Mountain Sports has been quietly doing business through its 84 stores in the Northeast and Colorado, in fact some would argue, almost too quietly. Over the past few years EMS has been described as “lacking oomph,” or “aimless” without a

Ed Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, also spent some time with investors at the Goldman Sachs conference, again reiterating that the retailer will continue its goal of achieving 15% of total sales coming from private label. Stack see

The Forzani Group Ltd. saw flat operating earnings for the fiscal second quarter ended August 1 on lower sales and improved margins resulting from cleaner inventories, more closeout sales, and sales from private label products…

G-III fought a slowing sport fashion market and finished their fiscal 2005 Q2 with a net loss of $1.7 million, or a loss of 23 cents per share, compared to net income of $2.7 million or 37 cents per share in theyear-ago period…