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Descente Sees Fiscal Q2 Sales Grow But Net Declines
Descente, the Japanese maker of snow sports, golf and other sporting apparel, posted a healthy high-single-digit increase in sales in the second quarter ended Sept. 30. Fiscal second quarter revenues increased 7.0 percent to…
Broder Bros. Q3 Revenues Climb 4.7 Percent
Broder Bros. reported third quarter sales rose 4.7 percent to $220.5 million from $210.7 million for the third quarter 2010. Adjusted EBITDA was up 48 percent excluding a year-ago inventory gain…
ECCO Opens 1,000th Store Worldwide
ECCO opened Nov. 4 its 1,000th store worldwide at Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. This opening represents a milestone of success for the Danish brand…
Converse Appoints Andrew Buckler to Head Design
Converse Inc. has named Andrew Buckler vice president of global creative design, a new position within the company, according to a report from Women's Wear Daily…
Woolrich.com Taps International Markets Via FiftyOne Global Ecommerce
Woolrich has partnered with FiftyOne Global Ecommerce to allow international customers to purchase online at www.woolrich.com, using their local currency, with all taxes, duties, and shipping costs provided upfront for a guaranteed landed cost…
Entre-Prises Climbing Walls To Buy Spanish Company
Entre-Prises Climbing Walls has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Top 30 Climbing Walls…
Adidas Group Posts Double-Digit Sales and Profit Growth in Q3
Adidas Group third quarter revenues grew 13 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Group revenues grew 8 percent in euro terms to €3.74 billion ($5.30 bn) in the third quarter of 2011. Currency-neutral sales in the Wholesale and Retail segments increa
Stage Stores October Comps Inch Up 0.8 Percent
Stage Stores, Inc. reported sales for October rose 1.9 percent to $102 million from $100 million in the prior year four week period. Comparable store sales increased 0.8 percent…
Costco Boasts 10 Percent Comp Gain in October
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported sales of $7.01 billion for the month of October, an increase of 11 percent from $6.30 billion during the similar four-week period last year. Comparable-stores sales grew 10.0 percent…
Penney’s Comps Slide 2.6 Percent
J.C. Penney reported comparable store sales for the four-week period ended Oct. 29, 2011, decreased 2.6 percent. While sales overall were soft, women's apparel and accessories experienced sales gains in October. Geographically, the southeast was th
Ross’ Comps Rise 5 Percent in October
Ross Stores, Inc. reported that sales increased 10 percent to $661 million for the four weeks ended Oct. 29, 2011, up from $600 million in the year-ago period. Comparable store sales for the month grew 5 percent over the prior year…
NASGW Announces Industry Award Winners
Leupold and Stevens, Birchwood Casey, Hornady Manufacturing and Sturm Ruger Company were this year’s Industry Awards recipients from The National Association Of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW)…
Teva Partners With World’s Top Female Kayaker
Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, announced a partnership with top British women's kayaker Claire O'Hara…
VF Corp To Acquire Joint Venture in India
VF Corp. announced that its subsidiary, VF Mauritius, has acquired full ownership of VF Arvind Brands Private Limited, a majority-owned joint venture between VF Mauritius and Arvind Limited formed in 2006 to market VF brands in India…
Jarden Partners with Ironman to Launch Sports Wraps
Jarden Consumer Solutions (JCS) will launch a new line of pain relief products in cooperation with World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), which owns the Ironman Series. The product line will feature heated and cold sports wraps that will help athletes with p
