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ICON’s sales decline was precipitated by the discontinuation of ICON’s “Jump King” business, a 22.7% decline in sales of strength training equipment, and an 8.1% drop in cardiovascular equipment. All the above, coupled with a sharp drop in margins pushed

Sport Brands International (SBI) has acquired outdoor apparel company Cloudveil and formed a new company, Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc. Financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed. Jim Reilly has been appointed Managing Director of the n

According to the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Retail Audit for the August through November period, sales at chain stores were up 12.2% to $145.3 million in sales compared to $129.5 million in 2003. Unit sales were down 5.9% from last season. Chain

Sport Supply Group, Inc. reported a 47% increase in sales during the holiday season through its eSportsonline sales channel on Amazon.com’s Sports & Outdoors store. The company beleives that consumers responded to an eSportsonline-exclusive promotion on A

NRI has finalized terms on a new facility located in Mississauga, ON and will be moving from it's current Brampton address in March '05. NRI opened its first operation in Ontario in 1998 in a 9000 sqft building in Etobicoke. In response to its g

The National Sporting Goods Association last week previewed some of the data from its annual report due out in May. One element of The Sporting Goods Market in the 2005 report, which was prepared by Irwin Broh & Associates, reveals that the average retai

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Norco Products Ltd, announced voluntary recalls of the Adams Trail-a-Bike or Adams Slipstream Bicycle Attachment. The Starter, Folder, Shifter, Shocker, Ultimate Tandem, Deluxe Folder, Me 2

Skis Rossignol shares jumped early on Monday after a French newspaper reported that Quiksilver Inc. was making a bid for the company. Rossignol is “a company we are looking at more closely, even though it is not the only possibility”, said Bernard Mariett

The Finish Line announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of The Hang Up Shoppes, Inc., for $12 million in cash plus a potential earnout of up to $6 million in cash. The Hang Up Shoppes does busines

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for December 2004 were $218.3 million, an increase of 16.4% over total sales of $187.5 million for the year-ago period. Company same-store sales increased 5.3% for the month. PacSun same-store

Urban Outfitters, Inc., which operates under the Anthropologie, Free People and Urban Outfitters brands, announced that total Company sales for the two-month Holiday selling season jumped 47% to a record $194.6 million. Total comparable store sales for th

Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $5.77 billion for the five weeks ended January 2, 2005, an increase of 11% from $5.20 billion in the year-ago period. Comparable store sales were up 8% in the U.S. and 12% for the International stores.

Payless ShoeSource reported that same-store sales decreased 3.0% during the December reporting period, the five weeks ended January 1, 2005. Company sales totaled $284.2 million, a 5.8% decrease from $301.8 million during fiscal December of last year.

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. reported that retail sales at Famous Footwear increased 7.1% to $119.8 million compared to $111.8 million for the same period last year (ended January 3, 2004). Same-store sales were up 2.0%. In athletics, fashion and classic sty