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Mountainsmith has announced a partnership with the Trek-Volkswagen Racing Team to become their official pack and luggage supplier. The agreement makes official the partnership that started earlier this year designating Mountainsmith to outfit the high-vi

Tommy Armour Golf and RAM Golf announced a new business structure to manage the Company’s operations throughout the European Market. James Wilson has been appointed Managing Director, Europe for Tommy Armour Golf. Graeme Stevens of UK Golf Services will

Nautica reported net sales for the first quarter ended May 31, 2003 increased 10.6% to $139.2 million compared with $125.9 million in the first quarter last year. Sales in the wholesale segment grew 12.4% to $107.1 million compared with $95.3 million in t

Payless ShoeSource is proposing to offer $200 million of senior subordinated notes due 2013. Payless intends to use the proceeds of the offering, net of all fees and expenses, together with available cash, to repay all its existing indebtedness under the

Huffy Corporation announced that net earnings for the second quarter of 2003 were $2.8 million or $0.18 per common share, compared to net earnings of $1.3 million or $0.12 per common share for the second quarter of 2002. Net sales for Q2 increased 25.8%

Blair Corporation, a national catalog and multi-channel direct marketer of women's and men's apparel and home products, has formed Allegheny Trail Corp. to launch a wholesale business targeted primarily at outdoor sporting goods and recreational

Winmark Corporation announced $756,400, or $.12 per share diluted, compared to net income of $724,000, or $.12 per share diluted, in 2002.

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. reported that total sales for June 2003 were $89.6 million, an increase of 22.2% June of fiscal 2002. Company same-store sales increased 13.4% for the comparable five-week period ended July 5, 2003 with PacSun same store

Aussie Apparel Group Ltd. has signed a letter-of-intent with TSA Brand Inc. to acquire the Santa Ana, CA based company. Initial numbers provided by TSA to Aussie Apparel show sales of $1.5 million in 2002. Terms of the potential agreement were not disclo

Mossimo Inc. has apparently appealed the June 17 Arbitration Award and Judgment that was entered in Cherokee's favor by the Los Angeles Superior Court. The court reaffirmed the validity of the original finder's agreement between Cherokee Inc. a

The 5th annual SGMA International Baseball/Softball Industry Meeting will be held October 2-4, 2003 at the Marriott DFW North Hotel in Irving, Texas. Sponsored by the SGMA Baseball/Softball Participation…

Billabong has appointed Royce Cansler to director of specialty retailer relations, a newly created position.
As a 35-year veteran of the surf industry, Cansler comes to this position with a solid knowledge in the specialty surf retail arena, and has been

Shawn Penrod and Pitchfork Sales will now add Utah and Western Wyoming to the current Colorado and Eastern Wyoming territory. Shawn has been killing it in Colorado and Eastern Wyoming, and Ride is certain the dealers and areas out west will only benefit

Palmer Snowboards has moved to Portland, Oregon to work with Nemo Design. Palmer marketing director Bud Fawcett has moved operations to the states in order to get the branding up to the level of their industry leading technical products…

Line Skis, LLC, will not be delivering its alpine binding to its customers for the 03-04 season. The action was made necessary due to the withdrawal of Victor Plastics, Line's binding manufacturer, from its China operations and the onset of the SARS