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Retailers played a waiting game with consumers in December and ended up having the best Holiday season in four years as a result. Thanks to tighter inventories, few retailers panicked and went into hyper markdown mode early as in seasons past…

This year’s Super Show Financial Day revealed few surprises. Most presenters stuck to their prepared scripts. Attendance seemed lower than last year, as other financial conferences intrude on the timing. SEW brings you the high points of the conference

While it appears at first glance that the Sporting Goods sector in our Q3 Retailer Performance Report (see page 11) outperformed the other sectors in net income growth, one only has to look at the extremely poor return on sales in the sector and it’s clea

Analysts concur with NRF when it comes to the “Buy Early” scenario, suggesting many could be out of luck if they wait until the last minute. Still, with no “must have” items in the market this year, it may be tough to convince the consumer that retailers

The Sports Authority, Inc. reported early Monday morning that, “based on recent trends”, the newly merged entity expects to see total sales for the third quarter ending November 1, 2003 to be approximately $550 million, with a comparable store sales incre

National retailers were pleasantly surprised by an uptick in sales last month, as industry insiders and analysts said consumers appear to be loosening the grip on their wallets. The perfect timing and buzz surrounding the mailing of child tax credit reba

Dick's Sporting Goods wants to be primarily focused on the “core athlete” and “outdoor enthusiast”, and by the looks of the trend line for the stock the last few weeks, the latter seems appropriate as their chart begins to look more like the north fa

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

The Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame made its inductee presentations Tuesday morning at the 39th Annual NSGA Management Conference and 5th Annual Team Dealer Summit in Phoenix. Gertrude (Gert) Boyle, Chairwoman of the board of Columbia Sportswear; Ja