Cabela’s Q3 Profit Climbs on 2.4% Comp Gain
Cabela's Inc. said that adjusted for divestitures, total revenue for the third quarter increased 3.9% to $643 million; retail store revenue increased 6.0% to $369 million; direct revenue decreased 1.1% to $219 million; and comps increased 2.4%. Exclu
Schutt Sports and Leon Lett Foundation Donate Gear to Youth
Schutt Sports joined the Leon Lett Foundation this weekend in a presentation to the YMCA in Monroe, LA. The foundation bought and gave away 50 youth helmets from Schutt and the company donated an additional 20 youth shoulder pads…
Boathouse Sports Launches Holiday Online Team Stores
Boathouse Sports launched an web site offering athletic directors and administrators a turn-key fundraising tool that eliminates product inventory, money collection and the hassle of distributing products…
Study: Physical Fitness Curbs Colds
People who are physically fit and active have fewer and milder colds, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine…
ACE Publishes Annual Fitness Survey
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) announced the top ten fitness trends for 2011. With over 2,700 responses, the findings conclude that consumers have a more positive outlook on the future economy and also realize the importance of taking care of them
Amer Sports Posts Q3 Sales Growth on Winter, Outdoor and Fitness Gains
Amer Sports Corp. became a much more profitable company in the third-quarter, as the parent of Salomon, Atomic, Wilson, Precor and Suunto expanded its gross margins by 310 basis points on a 5% increase in currency-neutral sales. When measured in local cur
Unifi Begins 2011 Fiscal Year On Strong Note
Unifi, Inc., reported net income of $10.2 million, or 17 cents per share, for the company’s fiscal first quarter compared to a net income of $2.5 million, or 4 cents per share, for the prior year quarter. Net sales for the quarter increased $31 mill
Hanesbrands Sees Third Quarter Sales Up; Price Hikes to Come in Early 2011
Hanesbrands Inc. reported its third consecutive quarter of solid growth for the three-month period ended Oct. 2, reporting total revenues up 10.8% to $1.2 billion from $1.1 billion in the year-ago period on sales growth from the company’s four large
Delta Apparel Posts Sees Decline in Net Income Despite Rise in Net Sales
Delta Apparel, Inc. saw net sales jump 8.9% to $107.9 million for the first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 2 from $99.1 in the prior-year period. However, DLA saw a considerable 38.5% decline in net income, dropping to $1.6 million, versus $2.6 million, in the
Hanesbrands Completes Acquisition of Gear For Sports
Hanesbrands Inc. has completed its acquisition of GearCo, Inc., known as Gear For Sports, a seller of licensed logo apparel in collegiate bookstores and other channels…
Pacific Sunwear’s Marketing Chief Exits
Pacific Sunwear Inc. said that on Oct. 25, Robert Cameron's employment with the company had “ended,” according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. In January 2010, Cameron joined the company as senior vice president of marketing…
Blacks Leisure Takeover Talks Continue, Losses Narrow
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor retailer based in the United Kingdom, said takeover talks with several parties continued while reporting that it's first half pretax loss narrowed and that it had suspended its interim dividend…
Fortune Brands Sees Golf Sales Drop 4.8%
Titleist parent, Fortune Brands, Inc., saw a 4.8% dip in the Golf segment, while the company sought expansion in key Asian markets. The company's full-year outlook for Golf segment now shows a low-single-digit rise…
Unifi Q1 Net Sales Grow 22%
Unifi, Inc., a major supplier of recycled polyester to outdoor apparel brands, said net income for the first quarter ended Sept. 26, 2010. was $10.2 million or 17 cents per share compared to net income of $2.5 million or 4 cents per share for the prior ye
Dick’s SG Sued for Alleged Overtime Violations
Dick's Sporting Goods faces a federal lawsuit alleging its Nebraska employees weren't justly paid for their work, according to a filing in U.S. District Court in Omaha…
