Shoe Carnival August Comps Climb 2.4%

Shoe Carnival reported that sales for the four-week period ended August 27, 2005 increased 7.3% to $81.8 million from sales of $76.2 million for the four-week period ended August 28, 2004. Comparable store sales increased 2.4% in August 2005…

Saks Comps Slip 0.3% in August

Saks Incorporated announced that for the four weeks ended August 27, 2005 compared to the four weeks ended August 28, 2004, total sales decreased 13.3% and comparable store sales decreased 0.3% on a total company basis. By segment, comparable store sales

FFA Gives $160K in Grants

It’s back-to-school time again and for thirty four schools in 19 states, receiving a total of $162,388, some traditional summer activities will continue this school year in physical educations programs across the country…

Big 5 Receives Extension From Nasdaq Panel

The Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the “Panel”) has granted Big 5 Sporting Goods' request to extend the deadline for the Company until August 31, 2005 to file its fiscal 2004 Form 10-K and an extension until September 30, 2005 to file its first

DeFeet Golf Adds Four to Sales Force

On the heels of introducing DeFeet High Performance Golf Socks to the golf industry, DeFeet Golf, a division of Global Tour Golf, announced that it has added four executives to its sales force, including John Bambach to cover New Jersey; Dan Hosch to cove

Atomic Launches Small Business Unit

C. J. Webb, Inc. announced the end of 28 years as the Atomic Sales Rep for Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. As part of a re-organization, Atomic combined two territories and created a Small Business Unit that will cover seven states to be serviced and ma

Hot Week for Executive Moves in the Outdoor Biz…

It was an active week for the movement of key executives into new positions as some recent free agents found new homes and some missing from the market have emerged in new key positions. The week started with two recent Deckers departures finding new hom

NRF: Volume Up At U.S. Ports, Congestion Down

Inbound container traffic is up at the nation’s major ports, but congestion that plagued the docks last year does not appear to have returned, according to the National Retail Federation’s new monthly Port Tracker report. The report looks at inbound conta

Zumiez July Comps Jump 12.7%

Zumiez total net sales for the four-week period ended July 30, 2005 increased 28.4% to $13.7 million, compared to $10.6 million for the four-week period ended July 31, 2004. The company's comparable store sales increased 12.7% for the past month, ver

Hydrapack Adds Two New Faces

Hydrapak hired two new employees to spearhead the company’s Sales, Service and Promotions areas due to its recent growth and popularity of its technology and products in the marketplace. Matt Patterson is the new Director of Sales and National Accounts fo