Tubbs Names Barrows National Sales Manager

Tubbs Snowshoes has named industry veteran Bruce Barrows to the position of National Sales Manager. Barrows has extensive experience in the outdoor industry, most recently serving as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Black Diamond Sportswear and Ma

Gottschalks July Comps Decrease 0.4%

Gottschalks Inc. announced that July 2004 same store sales decreased 0.4% from the prior year. Total sales decreased 1.5% to $41.4 million from $42.0 million in July 2003. During the month the Company operated three fewer stores than in the same period of

Stein Mart July Comps Increase 1.6%

Stein Mart, Inc. announced that comparable store sales for the fiscal period ended July 31, 2004 increased 6.2%. Total sales for July were up 1.6% to $81.8 million compared $80.5 million in the year-ago period…

Sears July Comps Decline 2.6%

Sears, Roebuck and Co. comparable domestic store revenues decreased 2.6 percent for the four weeks ended July 31, 2004. Total domestic store revenues were $1.84 billion for the four-week period in July 2004, down 4.0 percent compared with the four weeks

Gravis Expands Management Team…

Gravis footwear has added three new Director-level employees as part of a new emphasis by the Burton senior management team on the division. Anne-Marie Dacyshyn is the new Director of Product Marketing, Jason Heffron is the new Director of Marketing Commu

Garmin Second Quarter Sales Jump 32%

Garmin revenue for the quarter increased 32% to $189.7 million from $143.5 million in the year-ago quarter. Net income was $56.3 million, or $0.52 diluted earnings per share, compared to $47.2 million or $0.43 diluted earnings per share in the year-ago q

Collegiate Pacific Awarded 5-Year GSA Contract

Collegiate Pacific has been issued a five year contract by the General Services Administration to supply sports equipment to military and federal agencies worldwide. It is estimated that the GSA agencies spend over $100 million annually on sports and recr

Sugoi Inks Deal with Jeff2 Sporting Goods Agency

Sugoi has hired the Jeff2 Sporting Goods Sales Agency for the Greater Los Angeles area north to San Luis Obispo. Jeff Anderson and Jeff Darby, the principals of the agency, have over 20 years of professional sales experience and a total of over 40 years i

Camelbak Names Mahoney SVP of Operations

CamelBak Products, LLC has appointed Jim Mahoney as Senior Vice President of Operations. Mahoney will be responsible for all activities related to the flow of CamelBak products from manufacturing through distribution.
Mahoney moves to CamelBak from Missi

Gildan Replies to FLA Audit

Gildan Activewear, after an audit conducted by the Fair
Labor Association in Gildan's El Progreso, Honduras, sewing facility earlier this year, has submitted its response to the FLA in order to fully comply with FLA's code of conduct, an integra

Eldorado Climbing Walls Hires Cook as GM

Eldorado Climbing Walls has hired Richard Cook as General Manager. Cook will operate as part of the management team supporting new and existing climbing wall clients and new business development worldwide. Eldorado has projects throughout the US, Caribbea

Oakley Sees H2 Backlog Gains While Q2 Earnings Suffer…

After revising its second quarter sales and income guidance downward the previous week (SEW_0429), Oakley reported last week that net income for the quarter fell 12.1% to $16.0 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, compared with $18.2 million, or 27 cen

Gilburne Gets Probation in JFF Case…

Adam Gilburne, the former president of Just for Feet stores, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge U.W. Clemon to 60 months probation and must pay a $1,000.00 fine and $389,000.00 in restitution. This sentencing follows his May 2004 guilty p