Hibbett Q2 Earnings Jump 22% on Comp Store Uptick
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. reported that net sales for its fuscal second quarter increased 8.8% to $71.7 million compared with $65.9 million for the year-ago period. Comparable store sales increased 1.1%. Net income for the second fiscal quarter increa
Famous Footwear Q2 Operating Earnings Almost Double; Brown Earnings Up 61%
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported net earnings increased 61.2% to $11.6 million for the second fiscal quarter, compared to year-ago earnings of $7.2 million. Diluted EPS were up 55.0% to $0.62. Consolidated net sales for Q2 inched up 0.5% to $458.4 mill
Prince Sports Opens New RandD Facility
Prince Sports has has opened a state-of-the-art research and development facility in Trevignano, Italy. Created to form a centralized research and development hub, the new facility will serve as a fully integrated part of the business process and will foc
Johnston Joins Canari Cyclewear
Canari Cycle Wear announced the appointment of James S. Johnston as General Manager of Canari. Johnston, a 28-year veteran of the performance sports apparel industry, will take up this newly created position at Canari's headquarters in Vista, CA…
Fox River Mills Taps Results Sales And Marketing
Fox River Mills has named a new sales representative group for upstate New York and western Pennsylvania.
Results Sales and Marketing, whose principal representatives include Kirk Miller and Jim Moore, will represent Fox River in those regions.
Oakley Establishes Annual Dividend Policy
Oakley, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors had initiated an annual dividend policy and declared the Company's initial regular annual cash dividend of $0.14 per share, payable October 31, 2003, to shareholders of record at the close of busines
Sport Supply Group Q2 Earnings Fall as Sales Dip 3.0%
Sport Supply Group announced net income before cumulative effect of accounting change for the quarter ended June 2003 fell 45.2% to $115,000 compared to $210,000 for the quarter ended June 2002. Net sales for the quarter dipped 3.0% to $26.0 million. In
TJX Q2 Net Income Off 4.9% on 2.0% Comp Store Gain
The TJX Companies, Inc. announced net sales for the fiscal second quarter were $3.0 billion, a 10% increase over last year, with consolidated comparable store sales increasing 2%. Net income was $123 million and diluted earnings per share were $.24, which
Sun Ice Withdraws Acquisition Plan
Sun Ice Limited and the company set up to take it private have jointly announced that the plan to execute the transaction has been withdrawn. The purchasing company was set up as a holding company wholly-owned by Sylvia Rempel, the President, CEO and Cha
Amer Group Gets Hurt by Weaker Golf Sales, Exchange Rates, and Asia Woes …
There are times when it just doesn’t pay to be a division of a corporation in another country, and that may just be the case this last quarter as the Amer Group PLC reported results that were negatively affected by the weaker dollar and a much stronger Eu
Marmot Mountain Ltd. Made two big announcements…
Marmot Mountain Ltd. made two big announcements the week before the OR show. First they were awarded the 2003 American Mountain Guides Association Industry award. Tom Fritz, Marmot VP of Marketing, will accept the award from Mike Alkaitis, Executive direc
Grivel Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Certification
Grivel has obtained ISO 14001 certification by the International Organization of Standardization. The certification acknowledges Grivel as a business in compliance with internationally established environmental regulations, and is valid for the 'desi
AAI gives Atlas Guides Choice Award…
Atlas Snowshoe Company received the American Alpine Institute's 2003 “Guides Choice” Award for both its men's and women's snowshoes..
Pacific Sunwear Q2 Net Income Jumps 84%; Sales Up 23%
Pacific Sunwear saw net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 increase 84% to $13.4 million, or $.26 per share, basic and diluted, over net income of $7.3 million, or $.15 per share, basic and diluted, for the second quarter of fiscal 2002. Sales
Shoe Pavilion Posts Q2 Loss on Lower Comps
Shoe Pavilion, Inc. announced a net loss of $231,000 or (3 cents) per share, for the second quarter ended June 28, 2003 compared to net income of $528,000 or 8 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2002. Net sales decreased 6.9% to $21.2 million for
