<p>Southern Athletic has tapped Winning Edge Sales Group, Inc. to nationally represent the Southern Athletic line of team uniforms and accessories. Winning Edge Sales Group, Inc., formerly W. Lamar Young & Co, was the national sales agency for Bike Athletic</p>
<p>Based on the first quarter sales report issued last week, The Finish Line is upping its earnings guidance for Q1 and the balance of the year…</p>
<p>Quiksilver is capitalizing on its own retail stores, a premium brand message and lifestyle image at home to navigate through the negative retail environment as it benefits from a weaker dollar to post higher sales and margins in Europe.</p>
<p>SPORTS EXECUTIVE WEEKLY last week had a chance to take a sneak peek at the new GBMI incarnation of the Pony brand at the recent FFANY show in NYC. Some product will be available for late Holiday delivery with a full launch in spring of 2004.</p>
<p>Ashworth is capitalizing on its license for the Callaway brand, but price pressure from competitors and a soft retail environment has caused the company to cut prices on its basic product in the 8% to 10% range in the second quarter to fuel at-once busine</p>
<p>Shares at Puma AG rebounded a bit by the end of the week after falling Monday on news that the company’s largest shareholder Monarchy/Regency Enterprises, put its entire 39% holding up for sale. Puma closed down 3.6% for the week to close at €83.70. Gol</p>
<p>Reebok International held its Annual Investor Conference on Wednesday, playing to a crowd eager to hear more about the company’s plans to capitalize on its recent gains in the market — and on the street.</p>
<p>The Hockey Company Holdings Inc., which will be the new Canadian public entity that owns the CCM, JOFA and KOHO brands, has priced its Initial Public Offering of 4.5 million common shares at CN $16.00 per share. The offering is not available for sale in </p>
<p>Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer, had to rely on its franchise stores to provide positive comp store growth in its fiscal 2004 first quarter. The Forzani Group Ltd. said comps at franchise stores jumped 11.1% for the period, while the corporate-o</p>
<p>The Commerce Department reported on Thursday that April orders for goods manufactured in the U.S. saw their largest decline in more than a year, falling 2.9% to $320.0 billion for the month. Economists were expecting a 1.8% decline.</p>
<p>Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), two U.S. senators that rarely agree on anything, introduced legislation last week demanding a ban on all imports from Myanmar, the former Burma. The action comes on the heels of the May 30 deta</p>
<p>Ashworth Inc. announced that consolidated net revenue for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30th increased 20.6% to $52.6 million as compared to $43.6 million for the second quarter of 2002. Consolidated Q2 net income increased 22.9% to $4.3 million,</p>
<p>Quiksilver, Inc. announced consolidated net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 ended April 30, 2003 increased 40% to $262.2 million compared to net sales of $187.4 million in the year-ago period. Consolidated net income for Q2 was $22.6 million,</p>
<p>The Fair Labor Association made public findings from independent audits of seven major footwear and apparel companies, probing the protection of workers rights in the companies’ global operations on a factory-by-factory basis. The companies included in t</p>
<p>Lackluster sales reports from most retail major chains showed that consumers weren't quite ready to loosen their purse strings yet, analysts said Thursday. Additionally, the Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of American workers f</p>
