<p>The Athlete’s Foot has successfully completed an investment grade asset-backed securitization transaction with UCC Capital Corporation (UCC), an industry leader in corporate whole company securitization backed by intellectual property. The long-term fixed</p>
<p>As part of its long-standing commitment to protect the environment, Royal Robbins will join with the American Hiking Society (AHS) to launch a national hangtag promotion for Spring 2004, beginning this January. One million garments will feature distinctiv</p>
<p>Billabong International reported net profit for fiscal 2003 jumped 24.9% to A$76.2 million ($49.6 million) for the 2002-03 financial year. Revenue was up 24% to A$623 ($405.3) million, with approximately 75% of sales coming from outside Australia. U.S s</p>
<p>New Era Cap Company has signed a two-year licensing agreement with the National Basketball Association. The agreement, which runs through September 2005, provides New Era with manufacturing and marketing rights in such key product lines as the Hardwood C</p>
<p>adidas has signed sprinter Allyson Felix, the 2003 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, to a product endoresemnt and marketing deal. Felix has gone from a nationally ranked junior, to a competitor at the World Championships. Earlier this year, Felix ach</p>
<p>Rodale continues its strong performance trend for the first half of '03, it was announced today by Steve Murphy, President and CEO of Rodale Inc. The first half of '03 was up an additional 14 percent in terms of overall revenues compared to the </p>
<p>Burton Snowboards recently added horsepower to its sales management team, strengthening resources at Burton's headquarters, in the rep force and the eastern U.S. sales regions. Here are the latest additions and promotions within the Burton sales grou</p>
<p>Malden Mills has filed for an extension in its bid to emerge from bankruptcy to give CEO Aaron Feuerstein more time to raise the funds necessary to buy back controlling interest in the company. It now looks like September 10th is the target day to exit C</p>
<p>The dispute between the two biggest kids on the block appears to be softening a bit as both Nike and Foot Locker find new ways to help each other achieve their respective goals without compromising the stand each took in their now nine-month old spat over</p>
<p>While the good news here can’t be heralded as the “Miracle on 34th Street” just yet, Foot Locker is showing signs that it is reaping some benefits from the improving overall retail picture…</p>
<p>Genesco is also seeing improved traffic and sales patterns at most of its retail units. The Journeys unit did see a 1.0% decline in comp store sales for Q2 while Underground Station posted a 9.0% jump in comps for the quarter on top of a 19% gain in the </p>
<p>In an attempt to be “fair and balanced”, we thought it would be interesting to look at the footwear results for the first 6 months from 4 different perspectives: the financial results of major public footwear retailers, SportsScanINFO data, NPD data and </p>
<p>The sharp increase of the share price of DKS has led to increased exercising of employee stock options that drove total shares outstanding to an estimated 25.5 million shares for Q3, up from 23.0 million shares earlier in the year. Total year shares outs</p>
<p>Galyan’s got hurt on Wall Street last week after telling analysts that it expected difficult conditions to continue and it would no longer provide guidance on earnings and gross margins. Shares were down 13.7% for the week to close at $10.82 on Friday…</p>
<p>Hibbett Sporting Goods bested analysts’ second quarter earnings estimates by a penny and then went on to tell the market that business is starting to get better.<br />
HIBB said it expects third quarter earnings per share of about 24 cents to 26 cents, up 14.2</p>
