Dorel’s Recreational/Leisure Division Q1’s Profits Slide 32.6%
Dorel Industries Inc. reported revenues in its Recreational/Leisure division rose 14.9% to $161.4 million from $140.5 milion a year ago. Operating earnings declined 32.6% to $10.0 million from $14.8 million a year ago…
Retail Import Volume at Lowest Level in Five Years
Import cargo volume at the nations major retail container ports improved in March over February¹s seven-year low, but was still at its lowest level in five years and remained below the 1 million mark, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released
Aldila Posts Loss
Aldila, Inc. reported net sales of $13.8 million and a net loss of $48,000, or 1 cent a share, in the first quarter ended March 31. In the comparable 2008 first quarter, the golf company had net sales of $16.7 million and net income of $458,000, or 9 cent
Costco’s April Comps Decline 8%
Costco Wholesale Corp. said its April same-store sales dropped 8%, hurt by a shift in the timing of the Easter holiday. Domestic same-store sales fell 7%, while international same-store sales slipped 12%…
Stage Stores Reports April Comps Slip 1.5%
Stage Stores, Inc. reported that its total sales for the four week April period ended May 2, 2009 increased 1.1% to $107.7 million from $106.5 million in the prior year four week period ended May 3, 2008. Comparable store sales decreased 1.5% this year ve
Kohl’s April Comps Slip 6.3%
Kohl’s Corporation reported total sales for the four-week month ended May 2, 2009 decreased 2.3% from the four-week month ended May 3, 2008. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 6.2%…
Neiman Marcus’ Comps Tumble 22% in April
Neiman Marcus, Inc. reported comparable-store sales slumped 22.5% in April. Total sales were down 21.2% to $271 million from $343 million a year ago. In the four-week April period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes
DSW Opens 300th Store in Folsom, CA
DSW is opening its 300th store in the U.S. The store is in Folsom, CA, and is the 100th opening for the company in the past three years. Today, DSW operates stores in 37 states as well as an e-commerce channel…
Antigua Golf Renews Sponsorship Of Antigua Triple Play Championship
The Antigua Group, Inc. has renewed its sponsorship of the Antigua Triple Play Championship with the Southern California Section of the PGA of America (SCSPGA)…
Garmin’s Outdoor/Fitness Q1 Sales Climb 13%
Garmin Ltd. reported outdoor/fitness segment revenue increased 13% to $80 million in first quarter 2009 due to ongoing channel penetration and market share gains of its fitness products. But weakness in its automotive segment sent overall sales down 34% t
Smith and Wesson Names VP of Military Programs
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., named Retired Navy Commander David P. Holt as Vice President of Military Programs. Holt will be responsible for all of Smith & Wesson's United States military programs, busin
GSI Commerce and New York and Company Extend E-Commerce Agreement to 2013
GSI Commerce Inc. has announced a multiyear extension of its e-commerce agreement with New York & Company, a specialty retailer of women's apparel. Under the agreement, which runs to 2013, GSI will continue to provide New York & Company with fulfillm
Zeiss Optics Partners With The Evans Group
Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, a manufacturer of binoculars, riflescopes, spotting scopes and opto-electronics products, has signed The Evans Group as its national sales agency, effective June 1. The company said this this move is a key milestone in the implem
Federal Grants Available for Shooting Range Projects
Shooting clubs and range operators have until June 30 to apply for federally funded grants that can be used to construct, maintain or expand public shooting-range facilities in Washington state…
RECALL: Ambler Mountain Works Children’s Beanies
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Ambler Mountain Works announced a voluntary recall of the Erwin Beanie and Poseidon Beanie Children’s Knitted Hats. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise
