The industry’s Retail sector experienced much of the same sales and profit upside seen in the Vendor sector (SEW_0422), as earnings growth here more than doubled the pace of sales gains in the first quarter. Concerns about rising gas prices and consumer
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Rawlings Adds Zumbach as VP Marketing
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc. and Worth Sports, both divisions of K2 Inc., have hired David Zumbach as Vice President of Marketing. Zumbach has nearly twenty years of experience in the sporting goods industry with companies such as Nike, Reebok an
The Sporting Goods Industry is Well Positioned for a Record Year in 2004…
The industry continued its winning streak in the fourth quarter of 2003 as profit gains again outpaced sales growth despite the effects of integration and restructuring charges related to the record number of mergers and acquisitions last year…
Hat World Inks Asia Expansion Deal…
Hat World Corp., which was recently acquired by Genesco, Inc., and Mainland Headwear Holdings Ltd. have entered into an a 10-year license agreement to open and operate 200 to 300 stores in Hong Kong and China. Mainland is primarily a manufacturer and exp
Stride Rite Sees Keds Changes as Unit Drags on Fiscal Q4, Full Year Results…
Stride Rite Corporation was able to cut its fiscal fourth quarter loss in half and post a mid single digit gain in profits for the year even as it relies more heavily on owned-retail sales for its flagship brand…
Margin Alert: Retail Inventories Climbing
Retailers faced soft traffic and deflating prices in Q1, now they have a new worry in the Q2: high inventory levels.
As reported in last week’s SPORTS EXECUTIVE WEEKLY, in their first-quarter earning releases, many retailers reported big jumps in