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The Executive Board of adidas-Salomon AG has decided to maintain the production of football boots in Germany, thereby underlining its commitment to the roots of its production in its home market. The plan includes measures to further automate series prod

SGMA International last week announced that Tom Rogge, president of Cramer Products, has been elected chairman of the SGMA Board of Directors. Steve Furniss, founder and EVP of TYR Sport, Inc., was elected as vice chairman. Dick Kazmaier will remain on

LaCrosse Footwear recovered from a flat second quarter and posted a 15.4% increase in third quarter net sales to $34.5 million compared to $29.9 million in the third quarter of 2003. The company said it has benefited from the occupational market's ye

Rossignol’s fiscal second quarter and first half showed a marked improvement, but requests to delay shipments and exchange rates again pulled sales down. The delayed shipments are having a “positive effect” on second half sales, and the company is mainta

Black Diamond announced a handful of new hires. Paul Terry has been hired as the Senior Industrial Designer. Bill Reiman has been promoted to the new post of Director of Project Engineering along with two new engineers, James Grutta and Wendy Langan. Mark

Sporting goods store sales grew 25% in the United States during the five-year period 1997-2002, according to an NSGA analysis of recently released U.S. Census of Retail data. Sales in sporting goods stores, which include full-line stores and specialty spo

Shoe Carnival, Inc. reported sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004, increased 6.3% to $40.0 million from sales of $37.7 million for the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. Comparable store sales increased 1.0% in October 2004…

Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported that total Company sales for the third quarter, as compared to the same period last year, jumped 52% to a record $216.3 million. During the quarter, comparable store sales at Anthropologie grew 22%, Free People jumped 49%,

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $3.79 billion for the four weeks ended October 31, 2004, an increase of 11 percent from $3.42 billion in the same four-week period of the prior fiscal year. Comparable store sales climbed 8% for the month

Foot Locker, Inc. reported sales for the 13-week period ended October 30, 2004 of $1,365 million, versus $1,194 million in the comparable period last year, an increase of 14.3%. For this same 13-week period, comparable store sales increased 1.2%. Exclu

Federated Department Stores reported total sales of $1.098 billion for the four weeks ended October 30, 2004, an increase in total sales of 3.8 percent compared to total sales of $1.057 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federate

Kohl's Corporation sales for the four-week period ended October 30, 2004 increased 16.4% over the four-week period ended November 1, 2003. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 6.0%…

Amer Group reported that third quarter net sales declined 6.4% to €278.7 million ($340.8 mm) from €297.9 million ($335.6 mm) in the year-ago quarter. Net sales declined due to the withdrawal from the tobacco business in March. Foreign exchange rate mo

K2 Sports' Dana Design backpack and travel bag division will relocate in November from Vashon Island, WA, and operate under Marmot Mountain, LLC. in Santa Rosa, CA. Dana Design and Marmot products will continue to be developed and marketed as separat