Big 5 Comps Decline in Second Quarter

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported declining demand for guns and ammo dragged its comp stores sales down 4.9 percent in the fiscal second quarter ended June 29. Earnings slumped 59.0 percent to $2.5 million, or 11 cents a share…

Puma Q2 Profit Falls Less Than Anticipated

Puma reported earnings declined sharply in the second quarter, but earnings were slightly better than analyst's forecasts Sales dipped 0.6 percent on a currency-neutral basis as a 7.1 percent decline in footwear was only partly offset by a 3 percent

Academy Sports to Enter Orlando, FL

Academy Sports + Outdoors will open four stores in the Orlando, FL area in 2015. The four stores will be located in Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Waterford Lakes and Melbourne. In addition, Academy has formed a multi-year partnership with the Univ. of Central Flo

Skechers Expanding European DC

Skechers USA Inc. plans to expand its European Distribution Centre (EDC) in Belgium by an additional 25,000 square meters to make the facility the largest company-operated DC in the Walloon Region at a total size of 70,000 square meters…

PeopleForBikes, IMBA Extend Agreement

PeopleForBikes reaffirmed its commitment to the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) with an agreement to support IMBA’s work developing mountain biking nationwide…

Amer Sports Narrows Q2 Loss, Begins Restructuring Wilson

Amer Sports missed its second quarter sales and profit goals, in part due to charges taken at its Wilson/Ball Sports segment, where it embarked on an 18-to-24 month restructuring that is expected to significantly affect results in the back half…

Deckers Outdoor Hikes Guidance on Robust Q1 Revenues

Deckers Outdoor reported fiscal first-quarter revenues jumped 24.3 percent, coming in well above Wall Street’s targets on the strength of strong double-digit growth for Ugg, Teva and Sanuk. With its loss in the traditionally small quarter for the co