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Vail Gets Heavenly Relief in Fiscal 2003

Vail Resorts, Inc. reported that the net loss for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2003 was $8.5 million, or a loss of 24 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $7.1 million, or income of 20 cents per diluted share, for the same period last year

SIA Booth Space Officially Sold Out

SnowSports Industries America (SIA)
reports today that the SIA. 4 SnowSports Show is officially sold out. The SIA.04 SnowSports Show will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 26-29, 2004…

Retailers and Vendors Announce Container Environmental Survey

More than a dozen manufacturers, retailers and shipping companies, including LL Bean and Nike, Inc., have announced the Clean Cargo Environmental Performance Survey for shippers to gauge their carriers' environmental
management performance and addres

Urban Outfitters Q3 Net Income Jumps 76%

Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced earnings of $14.1 million
for the third quarter ended October 31, 2003, a 76% increase over the comparable quarter last year. Third quarter earnings per diluted share rose to $0.35 this year versus $0.20 in the prior year.

Head NV Rides Exchange Rate to Improved Q3

Head N.V. reported that net revenues for the three months ended 30th September, 2003 increased 12.1% to $116.6 million compared to the three months ended 30th September, 2002. Net income increased 16.4% to $2.2 million. Winter Sports revenues increased

Modell’s Moves Into Connecticut

Modell's Sporting Goods has chosen Bridgeport for its first Connecticut store and will open the new outlet next week. The 19,000-square-foot space in Shoppers World will open November 21st. The store will hold a grand opening on November 28th. The

McDonald Promoted to GM of Transworld

Brad McDonald, publisher of Ride and Transworld BMX magazines, earned a promotion to general manager of Transworld Magazines, the action sports division of Time. The move follows the departure of several key Transworld employees who quit after butting hea

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

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)…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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