The TJX Cos. Inc. saw its Bob’s Stores division just miss its target of halving the operating loss as forecast at the start of the year. On a conference call with analysts, newly anointed CEO Carol Meyrowitz attributed the near miss to the “unusually wa
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Pacific Sunwear Breaks Down Business at Roth OC Conference…
At the Roth OC Conference, Pacific Sunwear gave a little more insight into their business than they typically have in the past. The company said that at PacSun, the business splits 57/43 between guys and girls, but that they hope to get the girls side up
Rodale, owner of Runners World, Acquires Running Times
Running Times has been acquired by Rodale Inc., the owner of Runner's World. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Running Times will continue to operate under the Running Times brand, and will be independent of Runner's World…
Mizuno Names Custom Fitters of the Year
Mizuno named 16 of its retail partners as Club Fitters of the year. The recipients were evenly split with 8 winners Green Grass shops and 8 Off-Course retailers…
Pony Names VP Sales and VP RandD
Pony International LLC appointed Nathan Crary VP of research and development and also named David Corsi as VP of sales. Prior to joining Pony, Nathan Crary was president of Velocy Performance Footwear, while Corsi history has included positions as key acc
Adidas Appoints New Divisional Heads
Adidas has appointed Bernd Wahler as chief marketing officer Sport Performance and Hermann Deininger as chief marketing officer Sport Heritage/Sport Style. Both executives will report directly to Erich Stamminger, president and CEO of the adidas brand…
CGPR Increases Involvement with OIWC
CGPR will become a gold level sponsor for the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition, a non-profit association organized for the purpose of equipping women to reach their professional success in the outdoor industries through educational programming, networ
Yakima Increases OIWC Sponsorship
Yakima will become a gold level sponsor for the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC), a non-profit association organized for the purpose of equipping women to reach their professional success in the outdoor industries through educational programmin
Puma AG Gets Boost from Distributor Integration; U.S. Backlog Declines at Year-End…
Puma AG passed the two billion euro mark for the first time in 2006 and looked to be on track to achieve its Phase IV objectives, but the work toward those goals continued to cause pain in the fourth quarter. Sales in the Americas and Asia Pacific got a
Cybex Q4 Sales Increase 6%, Annual Results Stronger
Cybex International, Inc. posted its eighteenth consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth in Q4 with sales reaching $38.2 million, up 6.1% from $36.0 million in the year-ago quarter. For the same period, net income increased 13.8% to $2.8 million
Coleman Continues Growth Under Jarden…
Coleman’s parent company, Jarden Inc., has been quickly transforming the mass retail outdoor equipment company into a well-funded, higher margin consumer products company that happens to specialize in camping and outdoor gear. Under previous ownership, ma
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…
Stein Mart to Offer DSW Footwear
Stein Mart, Inc. has just completed the transformation of more than 100 of its shoe departments across the nation, including 40 in Florida, and is proud to announce that every Stein Mart in Florida now offers footwear provided exclusively by DSW Shoes. Th
Nike Announces Two- for-One Stock Split
Nike, Inc.'s Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of both Nike Class A and Class B Common shares. The stock split will be in the form of a 100% stock dividend payable on April 2, 2007 to shareholders of record at the close of business Marc
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Sponsor China Golf
TaylorMade-adidas Golf (TMaG) and the China Golf Association (CGA) have signed an agreement naming TMaG as the official partner of the China Golf Association and the Chinese National Team. For the next three years, TMaG will supply China's national t