Factory Design Labs promoted four employees and the addition of six new staff members. Jaxon Repp, Factory's VP of Interactive Services, has taken a new role as VP of Client Strategy. Replacing Jaxon as Senior Director of Interactive Services is Davi
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K-Swiss Earnings Fall on Slow Domestic Sales
K-Swiss total Q1 revenues decreased 18.3% to $122.6 million $150.0 million last year. Net earnings and net earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of 2007 decreased 27.8% and 27.1%, respectively, to $18.0 million or 51 cents per diluted share,
West Marine Slims Loss Despite Comps Decline
West Marine, Inc. saw a net loss for the first quarter of $11.2 million, or 52 cents per share, compared to a restated net loss of $11.9 million, or 56 cents per share, for the same period last year. Net sales for the thirteen weeks ended March 31, 2007 w
Tachikara Continues Partnership with Volleyball Canada
Volleyball Canada extended their partnership with Tachikara through to 2010 as the “Official Indoor Volleyball” extending the relationship to 24 years…
Reebok Sponsors the 2007 Avon Walk
Reebok will be the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the 2007 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Series for the second consecutive year. A symbolic Pink Ribbon footwear collection will be sold at retailers across the country…
Wolverine Worldwide Gets Another Solid Quarter from Outdoor; Lifts Guidance…
Tim O’Donovan last week conducted his last analyst conference call as the CEO of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. as Blake Krueger, company president and COO, assumed the reins as CEO under a succession plan previously approved by the company’s board of directo
Sportcraft Snags Classic Sport…
Sportcraft, Ltd. has acquired Classic Sport Companies, Inc. in a merger of two privately-held sports games companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Since being founded in 1994, Denver, Colo.-based Classic Sport has expanded from its original infla
Skechers to Re-file Asics Suit…
Skechers USA, Inc. will be re-filing its lawsuit against Asics Corporation and Asics America Corp. for trade libel, unfair competition and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and economic business relations. The suit will be re-filed
Orange 21 Doubles Q4 Loss; Sales Climb 28%…
Orange 21 Inc. net sales for the fourth quarter of 2006 increased 28% to $11.4 million compared to $8.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. $1.7 million of the sales came from the company’s newly acquired manufacturing facility, LEM. Without the acquis
Corner Office Shifts Get Active…
This week saw a number of high level executive appointments in the outdoor and snow sports industries with CXO titles doled out to several industry veterans. In addition, a few companies brought in some new talent from outside the industry to take the hel
OIA’s Capitol Summit Gains Support…
Since launching the Capitol Hill trade initiative three years ago, OIA’s Capitol summit has quickly become the most effective industry tool provided by the organization. This year, over 40 representatives from across the outdoor industry flew into Washing
SmartWool Inks Deal with CenterStone
SmartWool has selected CenterStone Technologies, Inc.’s iVendix software application. iVendix will provide SmartWool with a business-to-business (B2B) online ordering system for more than 4,000 of their retail dealers and sales reps in North America. When
Tehama Names National Sales Manager
Tehama appointed Chris Alcocer as the company's new national sales manager. Alcocer will report to Steve Novak, senior VP of sales for Tehama, to strategically plan and direct the sales force of Tehama…
Golfsmith Expects Expanded Q1 Loss
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. expects a net loss in the range of 31 cents to 32 cents per diluted share in the first quarter, widening from earlier guidance of a loss of 20 cents to 22 cents. The company also expects to report revenues of approxi
lucy to Open Arlington Store
lucy is expanding its East-Coast presence by opening a new store in Arlington, Virginia. The new lucy store is located at Pentagon Row. lucy will join other stores, including Chico’s, Elizabeth Arden and Bombay.
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