Famous Footear December Comps Rise 2.0%
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported that retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 7.1% to $119.8 million compared to $111.8 million for the same period last year (ended January 3, 2004). Same-store sales were up 2.0%. In athletics, fashion and classic sty
Saks December Comps Climb 6.0%
Saks Incorporated announced that for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 compared to the five weeks ended January 3, 2004, total sales increased 7.1% and comparable store sales increased 6.0% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales i
Apogée Establishes U.S. Sales Force
Apogée Skiwear announced the establishment of a USA Sales Team. Representing the New England territory will be industry veteran Jac Quin. Jac will be joined by Randy Dodig in New York State and Pennsylvania and Rich Fredericks in the Mid-Atlantic territor
Adams USA in Mouthguard Deal with Brain Pad
Adams USA, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of athletic equipment and performance gear, announced its entry into a licensing agreement with Pennsylvania-based Brain Pad, Inc, to distribute jaw-joint protective mouth guards. Under the agreement, A
Pacific Sunwear December Comps Increase 5.3%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for December 2004 were $218.3 million, an increase of 16.4% over total sales of $187.5 million for the year-ago period. Company same-store sales increased 5.3% for the month. PacSun same-store
Mizuno Iron Receives Golf Digest Honors
Mizuno's new MP-32™ iron with Cut Muscle™ design has been selected as “Editors’ Choice” in the “Player’s Irons” category of Golf Digest’s Hot List 2005. The innovative iron was chosen not only as the best performing iron in the category, but was als
AMF Golf Equipment Adds Business Manager
Dynamic Brands, the parent Company for AMF Golf, The Bag Boy Company and The Baby Jogger Company, has added Mark Zehfuss as Business Manager for AMF Golf Equipment. Zehfuss comes to Dynamic Brands from Sportcraft, where he served as the Product Manager,
December Comps Climb 1.2% at Stage Stores
Stage Stores reported that total sales for the five-week period ended Jan. 1, 2005 increased 4.7% to $221.5 million from $211.5 million in the prior year five-week period ended Jan. 3, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 3.1% versus an increase of 1.2%
Sport Supply Group Inks NIAAA Sponsorship Deal
Sport Supply Group, Inc. has been named as the Official and Exclusive Track and Field Sponsor to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. The NIAAA has selected SSG as the exclusive track and field sponsor to offer its PORTaPIT l
Wal-Mart Comps Climb 3.0% in December
Wal-Mart Stores reported net sales for the five-week period in December increased 13.4% to $38.4 billion compared to $33.9 billion last year. Same store Sales increased 3.0%…
Brine Reports that Powell Will Return to MLL
After taking a year off to explore the business side of lacrosse with Brine, Inc., Mike Powell has announced his intent to play Major League Lacrosse during the upcoming 2005 season. Nothing is official, as player contracts are not released until mid-Feb
Jansport Selects Centerstone Technologies’ Sales Order Management Solution
CenterStone Technologies, Inc, an internationally recognized developer of Web software for managing sales orders for specialty retailers, announced that JanSport, a division of VF Corp., has selected CenterStone to provide business-to-business sales order
Phil Schmitt Named Osprey’s New Associate Sales Manager
Phil Schmitt has been named Associate Sales Manager of Osprey Packs Inc, the Colorado-based pack company with more than thirty years of innovative design heritage. Schmitt has served the past three years as manager of the Osprey Customer Service Team…
West Marine’s December Comps Dive 5.3%
West Marine net sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 were $45.7 million, a 14.0% decrease compared to net sales of $53.1 million for the six-week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for the five weeks ended January 1, 2005 decreased 5.
Nordstrom December Comps Jump 9.3%
Nordstrom reported preliminary sales of $1,046.0 million for the five-week period ending January 1, 2005, an increase of 11.7% compared to sales of $936.2 million for the five-week period ending January 3, 2004. Same-store sales increased 9.3%.
