Dragon Hires New General Manager

Dragon Optical welcomed Aaron Behle as the company's new General Manager. Effective immediately, Aaron comes to Dragon to help strengthen and build the brand globally while providing solid corporate direction and insight. Aaron brings years of action

Quiksilver Promotes Kaupas to VP Marketing

Quiksilver promoted of Natas Kaupas to Vice President of Marketing of Quiksilver Americas. In this capacity, Natas will oversee Quiksilver’s creative, advertising, promotion and online projects. He will also continue in his role as the Quiksilver Brand

LaCrosse Sees Q4 Sales Increase 4%; Net Slips

LaCrosse Footwear Inc. reported consolidated net sales of $29.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2005, up 4% from $28.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Sales to the outdoor market were $14.2 million for the fourth quarter and $48.9 million for the

ANWR Battle Heats Up Again

In last week's State of the Union address, President Bush admitted that the United States is suffering from an oil addiction. Less than one week later, the President released his 2007 federal budget request to Congress- and it includes revenues from

Delta Again Looks to Junkfood for Growth…

Delta Apparel saw strong growth from its recently acquired Junkfood brand coupled with slight growth at Soffe overcome a less than spectacular performance from the company’s namesake Delta business. In the Activewear segment, which includes Delta, sales

Warnaco Completes CK Europe Acquisition…

The Warnaco Group, Inc. completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares of the companies that operate the licenses and related wholesale and retail businesses of Calvin Klein jeans and accessories in Europe and Asia and the CK Calvin Klein “bridge” line o

Stage Stores January Comps Inch-Up 1.5%

Stage Stores, Inc. total sales for the month of January increased 3.8% to $66.1 million from $63.7 million in the prior year. Comparable store sales increased 1.5% versus an increase of 3.7% last year.

Costco Comps Climb 9% in January

Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales were $4.12 billion for the month of January, an increase of 12% from $3.67 billion in the prior fiscal year. January comparable store sales increased 9%…

Federated January Comps Inch-Up 1%

Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $1.497 billion for the month of January, an increase of 83.1% compared to total sales of $818 million in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's January sales were up 1.0

Kohl’s January Comps Climb 2%

Kohl's Corporation sales for the month of January, 2006 increased 13.3% over the month of January, 2005. On a comparable store basis, sales increased 2.0%.

Neiman Marcus January Comps Increase 4.1%

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., In the month of January, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 4.7 percent. Revenue growth trends were the strongest in the Company&#0

Yakima Opens 18 Doors with Ski Market

Yakima announced that beginning March, 2006, Ski Market Ltd. will become an official Yakima dealer. Ski Market will sell Yakima’s line of winter sport, bike and paddle sport racks, its line of cargo boxes and the Ground Control, Yakima’s recently launched

EMU Australia Names Rockies Rep

EMU Australia added action sports industry sales rep veteran David Poletti as the company’s new sales rep for the Rockies region. David has almost twenty years of experience in the action sports realm, and has focused on building such brands as Freestyle