Goody’s December Comps Up 0.5%

Goody's Family Clothing reported total sales for fiscal periods ended January 3, 2004, compared with fiscal periods ended January 4, 2003. Total sales rose 1.4% while Comparable store sales are up 0.5%…

Wal-Mart December Comps Rise 4.3%

Wal-Mart reported net sales for the five-week period ending January 2, 2004, of $33.657 billion, an increase of 11.3 % over the $30.251 billion in the similar period in the prior year. Sales for the forty-eight week
period were $237.626 billion, an incre

Triple Peaks to Acquire Crested Butte

Tim and Diane Mueller, Owners of Triple Peaks, LLC have announced today that they have entered into a Definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement to buy Crested Butte Ski Resort from the Callaway and Walton families, owners of Crested Butte Mountain Ski Resort

SmartWool Hires Chapman as Controller

­SmartWool announced the addition of John Chapman as their new Controller. Chapman was formerly the Chief Financial Officer at the publicly traded College Partnership, Inc…

Gore Joins Winter Feels Good Program

W.L. Gore & Associates joined SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) national consumer initiative, Winter Feels Good, as the official outerwear sponsor. Launched last September, Winter Feels Good is a national consumer awareness campaign designed to s

Moonstone is Coming Back…

Moonstone Mountain Equipment has opened its 200th “door,” marking a five-fold increase since Pacific Trail, Inc. acquired the brand in 2001…

West Marine December Comps Up 2.3%

West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the six weeks ended January 3, 2004 were $53.1 million, a 44.2% increase from net sales of $36.8 million for the five week period a year ago. Comparable store net sales for December increased 2.3% compared to

Aspen/Snowmass Sees Record Holiday

Aspen/Snowmass celebrated the holidays with bountiful snowfall and strong visitor numbers. Almost six feet of snow fell from Dec. 20 through Jan. 4, and the resort recorded its busiest day in the last seven years on New Year’s Eve. Skier day numbers for

SNL Adds Natasha Petrovsky as Senior Account Executive

SNL Communications announced the hiring of Natasha Petrovsky as Senior Account Executive. Petrovsky’s primary focus will be on the action sports market, developing new business and working with existing clients to build and execute strategic public relati