<p>MOSA Sports of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Tuesday recalled 1,250 Five 40 brand bicycle helmets because they failed Consumer Product Safety Commission impact tests. The recalled helmets are black, white or red, and have the name “Five 40” printed on the front</p>
<p>Pacific Cycle, maker of Schwinn, GT and Mongoose bikes, is continuing its expansion in the recreation and fitness category with the acquisition of Minnesota-based InSTEP, the nation's leading producer of jogging strollers and bicycle trailers. The de</p>
<p>The Spiegel Group Monday announced that, in order to address its financial and operational challenges, the company and its principal operating subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in t</p>
<p>Callaway Golf Company announced Monday that Japan-based golf club sellers Kabushiki Kaisha Maruzen (“K.K. Maruzen”) and Kabushiki Kaisha Seima (“K.K. Seima”) have agreed to immediately cease the sale of their “White Shot New Wave Twin Ball” putter and to </p>
<p>With Foot Locker CEO Matt Serra stating that “BOGO’s are getting tired” and “we're missing some product there” when talking about the loss of Nike allocations and reduced orders, the company was left focusing on a building on Europe and re-building U</p>
<p>The Sports Authority reported net income climbed to $52.9 million, or $1.56 a share, for the quarter ended February 1, 2003, but the increase came primarily from deferred tax credits the company was able to take after sustaining three years of profitabili</p>
<p>Columbia Sportswear is taking steps to ensure future growth at the top end of the brand pyramid as it sees increasing competition from its own retail partners and their growing concentration on private label…</p>
<p>Liquidation sales at Cutter & Buck's retail stores lifted winter revenues, but store-closing costs and legal expenses weighed down the company’s fiscal Q3 results.<br />
Cutter & Buck said in December that it would close all 14 of its retail stores to fo</p>
<p>Rawlings shares closed down 12.1% for the week to close at $7.70 on Friday after K2’s CEO said that certain conditions of its proposed deal to buy Rawlings Sporting Goods Inc. had not been met.</p>
<p>Hibbett Sporting Goods shares were up 6% for the week to close at $24.40 on Friday as the small-market sporting goods operator beat both the Thomson First Call consensus estimate of 40 cents a share and HIBB's prior guidance of 39 cents to 41 cents a</p>
<p>While other retailers complained that a real winter season kept consumers inside during much of the fourth quarter, Dick's Sporting Goods took the opportunity to keep goods flowing into – and out of – its stores…</p>
<p>Shoe Carnival didn't let a little thing like soft comps hold back their hard-charging ways. Even though sales were soft for the quarter, profits soared 44% in Q4.<br />
SCVL same-store sales were down 3.9% for Q4 and dipped 0.4% for the year. Comp sales</p>
<p>Consolidated net sales for the adidas-Salomon Group grew 7% to reach €6.5 billion ($6.8 billion) in 2002. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were up 11%…</p>
<p>Huffy Corporation has finalized a $15.0 million subordinated term loan with Ableco Finance LLC, a fund affiliated with Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., and Congress Financial Corporation. The loan, repayable on its March 13, 2008 maturity date, is pegge</p>
<p>Quiksilver, Inc. has taken steps to broaden its global brand reach even further with the announcement last week of a joint venture with a Chinese company to manage retail stores and distribute ZQK brands in the Peoples Republic of China…</p>
