<p>The Sportsman's Guide has been ranked 35th on BusinessWeek's listing of 100 “Hot Growth Companies.” The list appears in the June 7, 2004 edition of the magazine. Inclusion on the list was based on a company's three-year results in sales gro</p>
<p>Wayne Elsey has resigned from Footwear Specialties International after a five year stint as President and CEO. FSI is the parent company to Nautilus, SkidBuster and Third Watch Footwear. “The company and people are poised for positive growth in the indust</p>
<p>New Era Cap Co. announced that John De Waal, Vice President of Global Marketing, was appointed membership on the National Advisory Board for Caps for Kids, a charity organization dedicated to providing celebrity-autographed caps for children undergoing ca</p>
<p>Ajay Sports, Inc. announced that Joseph White, Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Consultant to Ajay Sports and Ajay’s subsidiary Pro Golf of America Inc., has resigned to “spend more time with his family”. Ajay, the majority investor in Pro Golf, sa</p>
<p>The Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A. board of directors met recently to confirm the addition of Giacomo Vaccari, who replaces Giancarlo Zanatta in the Company’s administrative body. Zanatta’s departure from Lotto has therefore been formally concluded. Zannatta, </p>
<p>CamelBak has promoted John Rounds to National Sales Manager of their U.S. Recreational Division. Rounds will lead an experienced sales team into a phase of continued growth for CamelBak’s recreational division. He will be responsible for managing all of </p>
<p>Vendor companies in the sporting goods industry continued to find new ways to spike profits in the first quarter of 2004. Even the hardlines segment is getting into the act as net income there outpaced sales growth for the first time since Q1 last year </p>
<p>Since the day the rumors started flying about a potential merger between Gart Sports and The Sports Authority there has been an ongoing debate about which of the two divergent personalities would be assumed by the new national sporting goods retail entity</p>
<p>Sport Chalet pointed to “more seasonable” winter weather at the resorts frequented by their customers as well as an “improved economic climate” for a strong fourth quarter that finished off a turnaround year for the 31 store chain based outside Los Angele</p>
<p>The Dallas Cowboys, the only NFL team that opted to handle development and sales of its own team softgoods merchandise when the league did the exclusive deal with Reebok, will apparently let its exclusive retail deal with JC Penney expire at the end of it</p>
<p>Genesco Inc. is feeling pretty good about the business these days, so much so that the company has gone ahead and increased full year sales and earnings estimates once again. The strength of the fashion athletics business at Journeys and better-than expe</p>
<p>The international labor organizations, Oxfam, Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Labor Behind the Label recently launched a campaign called “Play Fair at the Olympics.” The campaign singles out sportswear manufacturers – particularly Puma – for cutting corne</p>
<p>At the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Conference in Atlanta, Dudley Mendenhall, K2 Inc.’s SVP Finance, outlined his company’s performance and future strategy for investors. Mendenhall said K2 now represents about $1 billion of the $50 billion U.S. wholesale </p>
<p>Perry Ellis International reported that Q1 net income profit jumped 46% to $8.2 million for the quarter. EPS was up 11.3% to 89 cents per diluted share. Total revenue surged 82.4% to $197 million from $108 million in the year-ago period. Gross margin i</p>
<p>Sport-Haley said it is “disappointed” with sales of its Haley branded product, especially with the decrease seen in the men’s apparel segment, but appear to be quite happy with the gains seen in the Ben Hogan brand apparel licensed through the Top-Flite G</p>
