Shoe Carnival Works Back-End to Boost Q3

Shoe Carnival, Inc. saw net income for the third quarter jump 17% to $8.4 million from $7.2 million in the same quarter last year. Diluted earnings per share increased 15% to 61 cents per share compared with 53 cents per share last year. Net sales for the

Eddie Bauer’s Q3 Loss Increases on Declining Sales

Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. third quarter ended September 30, 2006, total revenues were $211.3 million, compared to $217.3 million in the third quarter of 2005. Comparable store sales for the third quarter of 2006 declined by 1.5%. However comparable store

Johnson Outdoors Names New CIO

Johnson Outdoors Inc. appointed John Moon VP and chief information officer. Moon will be responsible for leading the company's information technology function, and defining and implementing the company's strategic use of information technology w

Cybex Profits from Sales Growth, Expense Control…

Cybex International, Inc. saw its margins shrink in the third quarter, but tightened controls on the expense line coupled with a double-digit increase in sales to flip the year-ago net loss to a profit this time around.
The company posted net sales of $29

Black’s Leisure Sees Flat H1 Sales Impact Bottom Line

Black's Leisure Group's total sales in the first half increased by 0.9% to £141.3 million ($254.9 mm) compared to £140.0 million ($259.3 mm) in 2005. Comparable retail sales fell by 0.5%. Profit before tax was £100,000 ($180,000) compared to £6.

The Buckle October Comps Inch Up 1.7%

The Buckle, Inc. net sales for the four-week period ended October 28, 2006 increased 6.0% to $41.5 million from net sales of $39.2 million in the corresponding four-week period ended October 29, 2005. Comparable store net sales, for stores open at least o

Bon-Ton October Comps Fall 9.8%

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. sales for the fiscal month ended October 28, 2006 increased 164% to $249.7 million compared to $94.7 million for the same period last year. October sales include $165.9 million from the Carson's stores. Bon-Ton comparable sto

Dolomite Taps Petrich as President and CEO

Gary Petrich has been appointed president and CEO of the new Dolomite organization. Petrich will take on the role at the start of next year after a long career with Nordica, most recently as the VP of sales. The new Dolomite will operate as an independen

Nike Women’s Marathon Sold Out Again

With 15,000 participants registered, the Nike Women's Marathon is sold out for the third straight year. The event is scheduled to take place in San Francisco on October 22, 2006 and in over two year has raised $24 million for The Leukemia & Lymphoma

Mizuno Looks to Grow China Biz with New DC

In anticipation of the coming Olympics as well as in the hopes of growing its business within China, Mizuno Corp. purchased space in the suburbs of Shanghai to build a new distribution center, which will be comprised of three stories and have a total of a

TAG Names VP and Director of Operations

Team Athletic Goods, Incorporated based in St. Peters, Missouri appointed long time industry executive, Dean Baker, to their management team as vice president. In additon, TAG has promoted long time employee, Darcy Kinder to the position of director of op

Lands’ End to Open 100th Sears Shop-in-Shop

Lands' End has opened its 100th shop in a Sears store. The Lands' End Shops are based on a store-within-a-store concept launched in September 2005, in White Plains, N.Y. In the spring of 2006, Lands' End opened 24 additional test shops in t

Cascade Designs Hires New Southwest Rep Agency

Cascade Designs, Inc. has hired Pacific Crest Trading as the company's new sales reps for the Southwestern U.S. Region. Dan Miller, Derek Torio and Marcie Vasquez of Pacific Crest Trading will represent Cascade Designs brands MSR, Therm-a-Rest, SealL