Target Corporation reported that its net retail sales from continuing operations (principally Target Stores) for the four weeks ended January 29, 2005 increased 13.6% to $3.126 billion from $2.751 billion for the four-week period ended January 31, 2004. O
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Product Manager — Stanley
Provide overall product direction to support branded businesses ensuring alignment with brand and market opportunities. Develop annual product map. Drive internal product reviews quantifying and qualifying business opportunities. Ensure products align wit
Product Development Manager — Icebreaker
Icebreaker is looking for an experienced technical manager to join our head office team based in Wellington, New Zealand (we can arrange work visas). This senior role assumes responsibility for the entire product development process and includes ma
Rossignol and Dynastar Recalling Snowboard Bindings
Rossignol Ski Company, Inc. and Skis Dynastar, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, have issued a recall of approximately 11,000 pairs of Rossignol and Dynastar Snowboard Bindings. The baseplate of the binding can break,
Spalding Appoints Marketing Manager for Pro Basketball Leagues
Christy Hedgpeth has joined Spalding, a division of Russell Corporation, as senior manager for basketball marketing. Hedgpeth, who had been on the marketing team for Russell Athletic since 2001, will now spearhead all marketing and product management dec
La Sportiva adds the Katana and Nepal Extreme Evo to Its Women’s Line
La Sportiva releases Women's Katana and Nepal Extreme Evo. The Katana is modeled after the men's version of the climbing shoe, while the Nepal Extreme Evo is an update of the boots previous versions…
Keen Wins REI ‘Vendor Partner of the Year’
Recreational Equipment, Inc. has announced its 2004 Vendor Partnership Awards, including the selection of Keen as REI’s Vendor Partner of the Year. The annual awards program recognizes three key vendors and one overall Vendor Partner of the Year for effor
Reebok Gives More Visibility to a Strong Quarter…
After Reebok International reported third quarter earnings last year more than one analyst – and some trade media — gave Reebok International a gentle nudge to be more forthcoming about the impact that the acquisition of The Hockey Company had on the Reeb
adidas Inks Bejing and Chelsea Deals…
The company earlier in the week reported that brand adidas had inked a deal with Beijing Olympic Organizers naming adidas as the Official Sportswear Partner for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Under the agreement, adidas will supply sportswear for all the
Columbia Shakes Off Q4 Outerwear Cancels to Post Solid Quarter Performance…
Columbia Sportswear was the unfortunate recipient of a fair chunk of the downside from the unseasonably warm weather across the U.S. in the fourth quarter. Word on the street had a number of companies that provide outerwear to the chain sporting goods an
Soffe Fiscal Q2 Sales a Drag on Delta Top Line This Time Around…
For the first time since it acquired M.C. Soffe, Delta Apparel, Inc. saw its Delta division sales outpace the Soffe business in the fiscal second quarter ended January 1, 2005. Management said Soffe sales were impacted by “a conservative inventory positi
ICON’s Jumpking Unit in Trampoline Recall…
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Jumpking Inc. of Mesquite, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about one million trampolines and about 296,000 “FunRing” enclosures. Welds on the frame of these trampolines can break during use,
Phoenix Misses Guidance; Tunney Exits…
In back-to-back press releases late last week, Phoenix Footwear announced that the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Greg Tunney is resigning, and announced they would not meet quarterly or annual guidance. These two blows sent PXG stock tu
Reebok Q4 Earnings Jump 70% on Tax Benefit; THC Boosts Top Line
Reebok International Ltd. reported net income for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2004 increased 70.4% to $47.7 million, or 78 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $28 million, or 44 cents per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 200
REI to Open Bend, Ore. Store
REI plans to open a store in Bend, Ore., in November 2005 in The Shops at the Old Mill District along the Deschutes River.The 28,000 square-foot store located in a former power plant is REI’s first in Central Oregon. REI has about 5,000 active members in