A number of industry companies provided a peak at their European strategies last week while at the Piper Jaffray Conference in London just as third quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest. Participating companies included some of the hottest brands
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Rugged Shark Names VP Sales and Marketing and VP Int’l
Rugged Shark LLC appointed David Sanderson as the new Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Richard Cardoso
as the new Vice President of International. Both individuals will report to Alois Ryan Rubenbauer, President of Rugged Shark LLC…
Public Companies Provide Deeper Inside Look at Investor Conferences…
New York City was a flurry of activity last week as the latest rush of investor conferences offered investors a fresh look at some of the sporting goods industry’s public companies and some insight on what the future may hold. Among the presentors were Go
Hat World Adds President and COO
Genesco Inc. appointed Kenneth J. as president and Glenn Campbell as chief operating officer of Indianapolis-based Hat World Corporation. Kocher, who joined Hat World in 1997 as chief financial officer, will have general responsibility for all aspects of
SEW Goes One-On-One with… David Chamberlain
David Chamberlain is chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of The Stride Rite Corporation. Mr. Chamberlain joined the company in mid-November, 1999. Prior to joining Stride Rite, he was chairman of the Board of Genesco, Inc. from 1994 to 1999, and p
Second Quarter Retail Results Get Boost from IPO’s, Mergers and Acquisitions…
The retail sector offered little excitement in the second quarter as athletic specialty and sporting goods retailers settled into their newly merged formats that produced little energy in the comparable store line. Genesco’s triumvirate of specialty name
Sporting Goods Retail Starts to Stabilize in Q1, But Specialty Sees Shake Up from New Players…
The relative calm in the retail market continued in the first quarter with no mysterious “lost” quarters, major mergers or acquisitions announced. But while making comparisons to the prior year period was a simpler task in the Sporting Goods sector in Q1
Industry Retail Continues Surge in Profit Gains…
It was relatively calm in the retail market in the fourth quarter with no major mergers, acquisitions, or IPO’s announced in the sporting goods retail sector. The radical swing in numbers seen in quarters past from those activities was noticeably missing
Planets Align to Create Nice Sneaker Upside at Retail…
After years of challenges partially attributed to retailers’ attempts to drive business through promotions, the athletic footwear business appears to be heading back to past levels of energy, sales, and profitability. Gone are the days when BOGO’s and Tw
Consolidation Again King in a Maturing Market…
At first glance the merger and acquisition deals in 2004 did not appear to be as large or as plentiful as in 2003, but it soon becomes apparent that the deals this past year may turn out to be more significant in the long run…
Industry Again Outpaces Market…
SEW has been using the S&P 500 index since 2000 as a baseline to measure performance in the sporting goods industry versus the rest of the public market. Since that time, we have seen the S&P both fall sharply and regain momentum, but the sporting goods
Third Quarter Retail Results Shine Once Again…
Retail sector profit growth again outpaced sales growth in the retail third quarter, but slowed substantially from the outstanding numbers posted in the second quarter. Acquisitions and the accompanying integration expenses had much less of a negative im
Will The Athlete’s Foot File Chapter 11 This Week?
After six months of rumors and speculation it appears that Athlete's Foot Group Inc. could be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today. Sports Executive Weekly has spoken with a number of people close to the situation and found
Retail Sector Q2 Profits Again Outpace Sales…
Industry retailers continued their momentum in building a stronger bottom line in the second quarter, again easily outpacing the growth in the sales line for the period. Even after stripping out the benefits of acquisitions and excluding the impact of in
The U.S. Sporting Goods Market Gets Wall Street’s Attention Again…
Acting in the usual Lemming-like pattern, investors on Wall Street left the sporting goods sector in droves last month after warnings by The Sports Authority and Hibbett sent analysts into a tizzy about the short-term opportunity in out little sector of t
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