<p>Sunglass Hut and Ray-Ban parent Luxottica Group revealed in an SEC filing last week that the New York Attorney General's office is investigating its pricing and distribution practices…</p>
<p>Want to know which products your consumers are looking for in your store? The company responsible for the popular “Ask Jeeves” Internet search engine this week revealed the top searches conducted on Ask Jeeves at Ask.com in 2002 and adidas was the only s</p>
<p>TaylorMade-adidas Golf exercised its option to purchase the Maxfli brand outright under terms of the licensing and distribution agreement it signed with Dunlop Slazenger Group LTD in December 2001…</p>
<p>adidas-Salomon AG said this week that it had achieved its 2002 sales and profit goals, with sales rising 5% for the year and net profit growth coming in at the upper end of a 5% – 10% forecast range… </p>
<p>Looks like Skechers’ foray into roller skates is coming back to haunt the fashion footwear company yet again. Seems Britney Spears has sued the company for more than $1.5 million, citing breach of agreement, claiming Skechers USA, Inc. used her to plug i</p>
<p>Estimates of total additional store closings for the beleaguered discount retailer range from 300 on the low end to almost 600 on the high side. Kmart had 2,114 stores before it closed 283 stores last spring. The company well may be at least a third sma</p>
<p>The January 2nd hearing scheduled to review certain matters in the company’s Chapter 11 case was postponed until Thursday, January 9, 2003…</p>
<p>Sears, Roebuck and Co. Chief Executive Alan Lacy was riding high seven months ago. The company's credit card business was cruising along nicely, stores were being remodeled, and Sears' stock hit a four-year high of nearly $60 per share. But </p>
<p>Park City-based American Skiing Co. claimed victory Thursday after a judge rebuffed a New England consortium's lawsuit over its derailed $91.4 million bid to buy Colorado's Steamboat ski resort last year… </p>
<p>Despite a disappointing holiday season for many retailers, L.L. Bean Inc., had its best December ever, but the strong month may not be enough to avoid downsizing in a “deflationary retail market.”</p>
<p>Footstar, Inc. reported that comparable store sales for the period ended December 28, 2002 increased 2.1%.<br />
Comparable store sales at Meldisco increased 4.0%, and comparable store sales for the athletic segment decreased 0.2%. Due to the calendar shift, s</p>
<p>The largest sporting goods retailer on the West Coast keeps winning over the pundits as they consistently execute against their time-tested strategies. Senior management and buyers alike will often tell vendors, “Don’t try to tell us how to do it, we kno</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>
<p>Looks like Skechers’ foray into roller skates is coming back to haunt the fashion footwear company yet again. Seems Britney Spears has sued the company for more than $1.5 million, citing breach of agreement, claiming Skechers USA, Inc. used her to plug i</p>
<p>The January 2nd hearing scheduled to review certain matters in the company’s Chapter 11 case was postponed until Thursday, January 9, 2003…</p>
