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OIA VantagePoint: Outdoor Product Sales Up 5.2% in February
Overall outdoor product sales for the four-week period ended Feb. 26 were up 5.2% to $655.6 million from $623.0 million in the year-ago month, according to retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo for OIA VantagePoint™…
Amer Sports to Double Ski Production in Bulgaria
Amer Sports plans to invest BGN7.8 million, or $5.5 million at current exchange rates, to expand its Pamporovo ski factory in the Bulgarian mountain resort of Chepelare over the next three years. When completed, the project will double the factory’s
Freeline Sports Adds Three Retailers
Freeline Sports, Inc., maker of Freeline Skates, has added three accounts to its specialty retailers, including Pit Surf Shop in St. Augustine, FL., Fritz’ Miami Beach in Miami Beach, FL, and Eagle Marine in Forth Worth, TX…
OIA Names VP of Communications
Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) hired I Ling Matthews Thompson as vice president of communications. Thompson brings more than 14 years of experience in strategic communications, campaign marketing and public relations. She will officially join OIA on A
River Sports Outfitters Lanuching Rental Operation at New Nature Area
River Sports Outfitters and the Ijams Nature Center of Knoxville have partnered to provide boaters and bikers easy access to a 275-acre restored natural area on the Tennessee River, just a 5-minute drive from downtown. Beginning April 2, River Sports Outf
McRae Industries’ Sales Climb in its Second Quarter
McRae Industries, Inc. reported consolidated net revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 of $21.7 million as compared to $16.7 million a year ago. Net earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 amounted to $1.02 million, or 49 cents a share fro
PacSun Q4 Sales Dip 10%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported total sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 ended January 29, 2011 were $263 million, a decrease of 10% from total sales of $293 million a year ago. Same-store sales decreased 7%. The retailer reported a
February Outdoor Product Sales up 5.2%
The new retail fiscal year kicked off optimistically, with sales of outdoor products up 5.2% to $655.6 million in the four-week period ending Feb. 26, 2011, according to retail point-of-sale data compiled by SportScanInfo for OIA VantagePoint™.
VF Aims for $5B in 2015
VF Corporation unveiled its new five-year financial targets at its investor meeting in New York City. The Outdoor Coalition, which includes The North Face and Vans, is expected to generate half of sales…
Tecnica USA’s Footwear Division Adds Product Manager
Tecnica USA's footwear division has hired Katie Gould as product and marketing manager for the outdoor and winter footwear collections…
Smith and Wesson Disappoints in Fiscal Q3 on Struggling Perimeter Security Biz
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation reported a 1.8% dip in overall sales for the fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 31 as slight sales growth from the Firearms segment was more than offset than substantial weakness from its struggling perimeter security busin
Rocky Brands Names New Presidents
Rocky Brands has completed its management restructuring, naming three new presidents to oversee key aspects of the company, announced David Sharp, president and COO. The newly created positions include Gary Adam, president of International Sales; Jason Br
January Golf Rounds Climb
According to Gold Datatech, golf rounds played for the U.S. were up 7.4% January 2011 compared to January 2010. Public access play was up 7.7% for the month and private course activity was up 6.6%…
Quiksilver’s Recovery Continues in Fiscal First Quarter
Quiksilver, Inc. reported that revenues dipped 1.4% in the fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 31, to $426.5 million in the year-ago quarter…
Heelys Posts Wider Fourth Quarter Loss as Revenues Evaporate
Heelys' fourth quarter losses widened to $3.2 million, or 12 cents per share, from a loss of $1.1 million, or 4 cents, in the prior-year period. Revenues dropped 41.2% to $6.7 million in Q4…
