Tag: Supplier

After six years of constant growth, Hooked on the Outdoors magazine and parent company ADventure LLC are making their
biggest move yet, relocating their national headquarters to a 13,000 square foot custom office facility north of Atlanta….

Mario Pilozzi, President and CEO of Wal-Mart Canada, will be inducted into the Canadian Retail Hall of Fame this June at STORE 2004 – Canada's Retail Conference. The Canadian Retail Hall of Fame was established by Retail Council of Canada (RCC) to re

Outlast Technologies, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the remaining assets of Frisby Technologies, Inc. The acquired assets include various technology licenses, the “Thermasorb” TM, logo and website, the Frisby R&D library, product development data

The Sports Authority announced that Elliott Kerbis, President and Chief Merchandising Officer, has resigned from the Company to spend more time with his family. The Company will actively pursue a successor to Mr. Kerbis. In the interim, Doug Morton, Vice

As the best teams in college baseball compete for a spot in the College World Series in Omaha, Easton will debut a series of new commercials showcasing their new lineup of Stealth™ bats and cleated footwear. Three spots were created by The Ballpark, a fu

Balance Designs, creators of the Vew-Do™ Balance Board and re-inventor of the concept, continues to build their sales and customer service team. Five more reps have been added, with Kurt Moscarello covering Metro NY; Kurt Kopp in WI, IL, MN; Kennon Smith

Sport Chalet, Inc. reported that sales for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2004 increased 19.2% from $58.2 million to $69.4 million. Comparable store sales increase 10.5% for the period. Net income increased 516.0% to $328,000, or five cents p

Dick's Sporting Goods looks to be quite pleased with their entry into the Indianapolis market, the hometown of rival Galyan’s Trading Company. The retailer also continues to look south as it soon enters the former home state of its chief competitor,

Galyan’s Trading Company was the lone comp sales decliner so far in our review of sporting goods retail results, but the 1.4% decrease slowed a bit from recent quarterly results, coming on top of a 6.3% comp sales decrease in Q1 last year. The comp sales

Gander Mountain Company reported sales and earnings results for the first time as a public company, but the earnings picture that looked brighter at year-end just before its very strong IPO fell back into the red again as the net loss widened more than 21

Hibbett Sporting Goods posted another record quarter and continues to improve upon its model that enabled the company to deliver an 8.1% return on sales for the first quarter versus its sector-leading 7.1% ROS for the 2003 full year and a 6.6% ROS in Q1 l

The TJX Companies, Inc. reported that first quarter sales at Bob's Stores were $61.4 million and posted operating earnings of $1.25 million at the 31-door unit acquired last year after a hard bidding process with Dick's Sporting Goods and their

Terrific ski conditions in the West, and record skier visits at many resorts were balanced out this year by bitter cold and an abundance of ice in the East. Still, the SIA retail audit for the entire 2003-2004 retail season showed some respectable growth

Jon Epstein, the former CEO of Fila USA and Fila’s new parent company, Sport Brands International, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre to 5 years probation, 6 months home detention, and a $10,000 fine in the Just for Feet fraud cas

Penguin Brands is doing its part in the continued consolidation of the industry, closing a deal last week that sees the owner of the Penguin Shoe Care, Penguin Apparel Care, Sorbothane, and ProArc product lines acquire the assets of Nathan Performance. N