Volcom Sales Jump 31.3% in First Quarter

Volcom, Inc. posted a 31.3% increase in total revenues for the first quarter to $41.6 million, compared with $31.7 million during the same quarter last year. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenues for the first quarter was 51.7%, compared with 51.

Summus Works Winter Sports Reveunes Total $1.3 mm

Summus Works, Inc. saw its winter sports wholesale division report revenues of $1.3 million for the year ending December 31, 2005. The company specified that the revenues reported are specific to its winter sports wholesale operations only…

Scream Agency Wins PR Award for Sierra Designs Campaign

Scream Agency has won a 2006 International Summit Creative Award for its comprehensive strategic public relations campaign for Sierra Designs, a technical leader of innovative outdoor clothing and gear. The Summit Creative Awards were created to recognize

Deckers Settles Steve Madden Trademark Suit

Deckers Outdoor Corporation settled its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Steven Madden, Ltd. Deckers' trademark and trade dress infringement complaint alleged that Steven Madden, Ltd. was selling knockoffs of Deckers&#0

Mettler Takes Over PrimaLoft Sales in Canada

PrimaLoft has appointed Kelly Mettler of Performance Squared Inc. as the company’s new Sales Representative for Canada. Mettler will be responsible for expanding the PrimaLoft brand in the Canadian outdoor and apparel markets…

Play It Again Parent Turns Q1 Sales Dip into Gain…

Play It Again Sports’ parent, Winmark Corporation, posted a 2.4% decrease in net revenue for the first quarter to $7.0 million from $7.1 million last year. Revenues from merchandise sales were $1.3 million, down 42.3% from the $2.2 million posted during t

New Era Cap Gets in the Retail Game…

New Era Cap Co., Inc. will open its first flagship store in New York City. New Era: New York, which will be located at 9 E. 4th Street, in New York City’s Greenwich Village, is slated to open in May 2006 and will feature the entire line of New Era, from t

Converse Infringement Suit Back On…

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed unanimously to reinstate a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit filed in 2003 by six predominantly African-American fraternities and sororities. The suit was originally filed in a U.S. District Court

Wilson Named Official Sponsor of WTA Tour

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and Wilson Sporting Goods singed a three-year agreement naming Wilson an official partner of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. The sponsorship deal, which begins this year and runs through 2008, will allow Wilson to expand their pres

Specialty and Internet Fuel Outdoor Growth…

Total retail sales in the Outdoor Industry increased 1.2% during the month of February to $481 million from $475 million during the same month last year, according to OIA’s recently released Monthly Topline Retail Sales Report. The report found that Inter

The Access Fund Awards $22,000 in Grants

The Access Fund, in its fifteenth year of supporting grassroots climbing advocacy and conservation projects, awarded more than $22,000 in its first Climbing Preservation Grants cycle of 2006 for trail improvements, preservation of private lands from devel

Oakley First Quarter Net Plunges; Revenues Up 7.0%

Oakley, Inc. saw first quarter net sales increased 7.0% to a first quarter record $151.7 million from $141.8 million in the same period of 2005. Net income for the first quarter totaled $1.9 million, or 3 cents per diluted share, compared with net income

The LBH Group Appoints New Sales Reps

The LBH Group Ltd. has announced the hiring of three new sales representatives. Jackie McFarlane will be covering Michigan for all the LBH brands which include Lily’s of Beverly Hills, LBH, Wimbledon, and Fancy Pants. Bobbie Arakawa will be responsible f