Tag: Trade

ShopKo Stores reported consolidated sales for the five weeks ended April 3, 2004 increased 5.1 percent to $281.7 million from $268.1 million during the same period last year. Consolidated comparable store sales increased 5.2 percent…

Burton Snowboards is restructuring the sales management team within each of its five brands allowing each of the sales managers to report directly to their respective general managers. Amy Buckalter, VP of Global Sales, has assisted in designing the new s

Collegiate Pacific has closed the acquisition of Indiana-based Kesslers Team Sports, a profitable, $30 million revenue-based company specializing in the distribution of team sports products with a primary emphasis on name brand, team uniforms and apparel.

Footstar commenced Going Out of Business sales at 163 stores on Friday, including all remaining Just for Feet locations and 75 of the company’s Footaction stores. Hilco Merchant Resources was the winning bidder in the auction to be appointed as liquidati

Bite Footwear has hired two new sales representatives to expand the company’s sales in the Midwestern region. Rick Harnisch and Steve Humphreys are the latest additions to Bite’s team….

Walden Kayaks announced that it has hired two experienced sales representatives to the Walden Kayaks team, Don Otey and Ethan Ebersold. Otey will cover the Mid-Atlantic region, while Ebersold is the new western sales representative…

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Limited announced its unaudited consolidated results for the three months ended 31st December, 2003. Turnover and net profit increased year-on-year by 5.4% to US$644.7 million and 35.8% to US$93.9 million respectively…

Element Skateboards announced plans to host the first annual philanthropic fundraiser benefiting Elemental Awareness. The event, called compressionSF, will be held on March 18, 2004 at popular San Francisco venue Suite one8one and will mark the organizati

The Bon-Ton Stores announced total sales for the four weeks ended February 28, 2004, increased 95.6% to $77.0 million, including $37.1 million from the acquired Elder-Beerman stores, compared to $39.4 million for the same period last year. Bon-Ton compara

Brown Shoe Company announced February retail sales for its Famous Footwear and Naturalizer Retail divisions. Retail sales for Famous Footwear increased 0.3% to $67.4 million for the four-week period ended February 28, 2004, compared to 67.2 million for th

Nike is apparently re-shuffling roles for some key managers in the U.S. market. Claire Hammill, formerly VP of U.S. Commerce and Retail is now VP/GM of New Business Development. Elliot Hill, Formerly VP of U.S. Retail is now VP of U.S. Commerce and Retai

The Colorado Yurt Company has retained Backbone Media to manage its public relations efforts. Based in Montrose, Colo., The Colorado Yurt Company, formerly known as Advance Canvas Design, was founded in Colorado in 1977 by Dan and Emma Kigar. Since its mo

Huffy Corporation, on the other hand, is looking to its Service group as a profit center and will make the move this year to consolidate all brand operations under one Sporting Goods division, leaving the company with just two divisions. The company said

The Hockey Company Holdings Inc. sees little potential impact to its equipment business in 2004 from a potential NHL work stoppage, but the apparel end of the apparel business would surely take a hit if the league and the players can’t agree on a new col

After missing out on the Major League Baseball deal last August that netted exclusive apparel and headwear deals for seven companies, Reebok International took the next best approach and inked a multi-year deal with MLB to provide footwear for players and