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The Ski Shop Joins the SMC Buying Group

Snowsports Merchandising Corporation (SMC), the buying group of specialty ski and snowboard shops in the wintersports industry, said The Ski Shop, Inc. has joined the group…

Niketown London Becomes Nike’s Largest Store

Nike, Inc. officially reopened its flagship Niketown store on Oxford Circus in central London, following extensive redevelopment that makes it the largest Nike store in the World. Nike also plans to launch another multi-category location in Glasgow in 201

DU Names Humphries New GLARO Director

Rebecca Humphries, director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, has accepted the position of Director of the Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office for Ducks Unlimited…

Bon-Ton Comps Drop 4.2% in October

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. reported comparable store sales for the four weeks ended Oct. 30, 2010 decreased 4.2%. Total sales for the four weeks decreased 4.4% to $214.2 million compared with $224.0 million for the prior year period…

K-Swiss Q3 Net Loss Widens on Tax Charge

K-Swiss Inc.'s loss widened in the third quarter to $28.3 million, or 80 cents a share, from $2.9 million or 8 cents, a year ago, partly due to a tax charge. Revenues decreased 12.8% to $61.6 million compared with $70.6 million in the prior-year peri

Target’s Comps Edge up 1.7% in October

Target Corporation reported net retail sales for the four weeks ended Oct. 30 reached $4.64 billion, up 2.2% from $4.54 billion for the same period a year earlier. Comparable-store sales increased 1.7%…

Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Conservation Funding

Despite anti-tax fervor, voters across the country Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a variety of measures that will raise $2 billion for land conservation, according to results tallied by The Trust for Public Land, a national conservation organization. The

Hanesbrands Prices Senior Notes

Hanesbrands Inc., the parent of Champion and Hanes, announced the pricing of its offering of $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due Dec. 15, 2020, at par…

OC Sports Becomes the Official Headwear of NJCAA

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named OC Sports, a division of Outdoor Cap Company, as the organization's official headwear for a three year period beginning Nov. 1, 2010…

Escalade’s Sporting Goods Sales Climb 17% in Q3

Escalade Inc. reported revenues from the Sporting Goods business were up 17% and 12% for the third quarter and nine months of 2010 compared to the same periods last year. Increases in consumer spending, new product development and expanded product placeme

Orange 21 Gains Additional Financing

Orange 21 Inc., the owner of the Spy Optic eyewear brand, said that effective Nov. 1, its wholly owned subsidiary Orange 21 North America Inc. (O21NA), entered into a $1.0 million promissory note with one of Orange 21 Inc.'s shareholders, Costa Brava