ASICS First Half Sales Up 9.5%; Increases Market Share

ASICS America Corporation reported that sales for the first half of 2004 were $111.1 million, an increase of 9.5% over 2003. The company continues its focus on running, the largest segment of the athletic footwear industry, showing footwear sales increasi

Dick’s SG Re-Affirms Second Quarter Outlook

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. has reacted to a number of negative reports from other sporting goods retailers this week and re-affirmed its outlook previously provided for the second fiscal quarter of 2004…

C.A.M.P. USA Adds Crouse to Sales Team

C.A.M.P USA has hired mountaineer and sales representative, Bill Crouse as their Rocky Mountain region sales representative. C.A.M.P USA is rapidly growing in the U.S. with the addition of over 50 stores in just the past year. Crouse will support retailer

TNF Shuffles the Executive Deck

Steve Rendle has been appointed to the position of President, The North Face – Americas, and Todd Spaletto to the position of Vice President of Sales for the US. Steve will report to Mike Egeck, President of VF Outdoor – Americas. Reporting to Todd will b

Callaway Beats Q2 Estimates Despite Net Income Plunge

Callaway Golf Company announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, reporting consolidated net sales increased 23.0% to $297.9 million, including $2.0 million in net sales from the company's newly acquired subsidiary, FrogTrade

Big 5 Q2 Comps Up 3.9%; Re-Affirms Earnings Guidance

Big 5 Sporting Goods confirmed previously announced earnings guidance of 34 cents to 36 cents per share for its fiscal Q2 and reported that net sales for the period ended June 27, 2004 increased 8.5% to $184.5 million from $170.1 million in the year-ago p

Wakley Re-Joins Prince U.S. Footwear Team

Gary Wakley has rejoined Prince Sports, Inc to attend to some unfinished business. Bringing a lifetime of experience in athletic footwear, including several successful years with Prince, Wakley will be responsible for leading the product management of Pri

Columbia Q2 Income Jumps 13.8% on 12.5% Sales Increase

Columbia Sportswear second quarter net sales were $171.1 million, an increase of 12.5% over net sales of $152.1 million for the same period of 2003. The Company reported a net income for the second quarter of $10.7 million, a 13.8% increase over net incom

Gear for Sports and Sun Ice Ink Distribution Deal

Gear for Sports has inked a deal to become the exclusive distributing, marketing and sales partner for Sun ice Golf products in the U.S. GEAR for Sports will begin shipping the Spring 2005 Collection during the first week of November…

Cloudveil Gears up for Fall ’04

Cloudveil has announced three strategic business partnerships that, according to the company, will further strengthen their infrastructure and rep force. Cloudveil has formed a partnership with Sojitz Corporation of America. The company is also relocating

Cybex Q2 Profits Jump; Secures New Debt Facility…

Cybex International saw net sales for the second quarter ended June 26, 2004 increase 13.7% to $24.0 million from $21.1 million in the year-ago period. Net income was up almost four-fold, delivering $833,000, or 8 cents per diluted share, in profit in the

Atomic Prez Sheds More Light on SBU…

Shortly after publication last week, SEW’s sister publication, The B.O.S.S. Report, managed to catch up with Atomic president Jack Baltz, who shed some light on his decision to launch a Small Business Unit covering the Mid-Atlantic and New York territorie

Black’s Leisure Leverages Diversity…

British sporting goods and outdoor retailer Black’s Leisure Group reported that sales for the first 19 weeks of the company’s fiscal year increased 17.5%, partially due to the addition of eight new stores. Comparable store sales increased 4.2% during the

Gander Mountain Enters The Lone Star State

Gander Mountain will enter the Texas market with the opening of a 87,000 square foot store in Houston in October 2004. This location will join the Corsicana store scheduled to open in August and the Amarillo store scheduled for opening in September. The