<p>Tommy Hilfiger Licensing, Inc. announced a new retail licensing agreement with SK Global Co., Ltd. for the distribution of Tommy Hilfiger products in South Korea…</p>
<p>Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales increased 9.2% to $839.2mm for the five-week period ending January 4, 2003. Same-store sales increased 3.4%…</p>
<p>Gander Mountain reported a 10.6% increase in comparable store sales for the months of November and December. November sales increased by 9.8%, while December sales saw a gain of 11.1%…</p>
<p>Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. announced the appointment of Byron M. (Mark) Neal to the position of President, Hush Puppies International…</p>
<p>The Forzani Group Ltd. announced total retail system sales were up 7.5% over the prior year. Corporate comparable store sales decreased 5.3%, while franchise comparable store sales increased 9.7% for the Christmas selling season…</p>
<p>Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation announced the promotion of Bob Scott to chairman of Smith & Wesson Corp…</p>
<p>Tommy Armour Golf Company announced a new management team that will be responsible for leading the reinvigoration of one the golf industry’s most storied franchises…</p>
<p>Columbia Sportswear Company announced that it prevailed in an anti-dumping case filed against Columbia and its subsidiary Sorel by the domestic Canadian footwear industry for the sale of rubber bottomed, cold weather footwear in the Canadian market. As a</p>
<p>Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill and Co., a private equity firm based in New York, has bought a controlling interest in CA-based Copeland's Sports. Terms of the deal were not released. BRS portfolio companies include Au Bon Pain, California Pizza Kitche</p>
<p>Jagged Edge, a mountain clothing company founded in Telluride in 1991, has been acquired by Russell Corp. Jagged Edge, now located in Moab, Utah, has retail stores in Telluride, Breckenridge and Crested Butte…</p>
<p>Golf Galaxy, Inc., the Everything for the Game(TM) golf retailer announced that Mick McCormick has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer…</p>
<p>Just when you think the brand finally has its message right. Right when retailers are starting to feel like the brand might mean something again to the trend-setting urban male. Someone comes up with a campaign that makes even the most loyal Reebok supp</p>
<p>In an odd twist in the ongoing sneaker wars, it was reported that adidas’ new basketball pitchman Tracy “T-Mac” McGrady was grinning from ear-to ear after Michael Jordan handed him his shoes after McGrady’s Orlando Magic team beat Jordan’s Wizards in last</p>
<p>Blaming poor retail sales on lackluster scooter sales and the post-9/11 trauma has faded, but one retailer has found a brand new culprit for their sluggish December – El Nino…</p>
<p>The claimant in a $49 million lawsuit against on Everlast Worldwide, Inc. filed an appeal Tuesday after the New York Supreme Court dismissed the original suit…</p>