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Collegiate Pacific Posts Less Than Stellar Q2…

Collegiate Pacific posted sales increases in the second quarter as well as improved margins and flat expenses, but was forced to lower its annual guidance as the sales gains were not quite up to expectations. According to Adam Blumenfeld, CEO, “top line g

Hibbett Forms Holding Company…

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. moved itself under the command of the holding company it created named Hibbett Sports, Inc. The holding company was formed to “correct a technical error with respect to certain of the company's shares and to separate the

Sport-Haley Sees Red in Fiscal Second Quarter…

Sport-Haley, Inc. remains on a search for a place to sell its Top-Flite branded apparel after Wal Mart stopped carrying the brand after in September 2006. The loss of that customer hurt sales, which paired with the loss of a major order for the Ben Hogan

SSL Adds New Members After Winter Sports Market…

Sports Specialists Limited reported a successful Winter Sports Market ’07 with 95% participation from its retailers, on par with last year, and over 80 suppliers in attendance. In addition, SSL welcomed three new retailer members including Sportsman Chale

American Skiing Co. to Sell Mount Snow and Attitash…

American Skiing Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Mount Snow and Attitash resorts for $73.5 million to Peak Resorts Inc. The announced sales follow the December announcement of the planned $265 million sale of Steamboat resort. I

Bälle de Mätch Hires Two New Sales Reps

Bälle de Mätch hired two new sales representatives, Terry Gratz and Laurie Bouch, who have joined the California-based tennis apparel company to manage sales in the Northeast and Southeast regions…

American Skiing Co. to Sell Mount Snow and Attitash

American Skiing Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Mount Snow and Attitash resorts for $73.5 million to Peak Resorts Inc., a resort operator with ski resorts in Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Ohio. The announce

Merck Takes Over for Heckman as K2 CEO

K2 Inc. appointed J. Wayne Merck as the company's president and CEO, and to the board of directors. Richard J. Heckmann, who has been the chairman of the board of directors since April 2000 and CEO since October 2002, will remain as chairman of the b

Gander Pulls Realistic Airsoft Guns off Shelves…

Gander Mountain Company is pulling realistic replica guns from its stores in Minnesota and will sell only airsoft guns that are obviously and unmistakably toys. Gander Mountain will phase out realistic replica guns, in favor of guns that are more obviousl

Timberland Restructures for the Future…

In conjunction with reporting its financial performance for the fourth quarter and the year, Timberland announced the departure of the company’s COO, Ken Pucker, who had been with the company for 15 years. Beginning in the second quarter, Timberland will

Sport-Haley Sales Dip Takes Net Income into Red

Sport-Haley, Inc. saw net sales for the fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2006, of $4.2 million, decreasing 5% from $4.4 million for the same period last year. The company saw net income slip to a loss of $221,000 for the quarter from a profit of $

Foot Locker Fourth Quarter Sales Slip 0.6%

Foot Locker, Inc. posted a 0.6% decrease in 13-week fourth quarter sales to $1,553 million from $1,564 million in the comparable period last year. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales decreased 3.4%. For the 52-week period ended January 27

Kohl’s January Four-Week Comps Increase 8.7%

Kohl's Corporation saw net sales for the five-week fiscal January increase 46.6% to $991.6 million from $676.4 million in the four-week period last year. On a comparable four-week basis, comparable store sales increased 8.7%…