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Sport Supply Group Fiscal Q3 Profit Slips Despite Sales Gain
Despite a 2.8% gain in fiscal third quarter sales, Sport Supply Group reported earnings were down 8.5% to $3.2 million, or 25 cents a share, from $3.5 million, or 26 cents per share, in the year-ago period…
K-Swiss Widens Q1 Loss on Continued Sales Declines, but U.S. Backlog Up
K-Swiss Inc. posted a much wider loss in the first quarter as sales continue to spiral downward, but there was some light at the end of the tunnel as backlogs started to improve in the U.S. and the brand starts to gain some traction in running…
NSSF Releases Guns/Ammo Economic Impact Report
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released a report detailing the economic impact of firearms and ammunition on each state’s economy…
Burton CEO Steps Down
Following 15 years of continued service with the company, Laurent Potdevin, Burton’s CEO, has decided to step down in order to pursue other opportunities…
ASA Looks For Action on Gulf Oil Spill
In response to the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) said it is calling upon federal and state officials to “act swiftly and diligently to mitigate the effe
Big 5 First Quarter Reflects Biggest Quarterly Comp Sales Gain Since 2006
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported improved revenues and better-than-expected profit for the fiscal first quarter ended April 4 as a prolonged winter and increases in traffic and average ticket prices boosted results for the period…
Federal Study Shows Obesity Rising Faster Among Girls
The percentage of obese girls in the United States increased more than twice as much as the percentage of obese boys from 2003 to 2007, according to a study by researchers at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)…
Gaiam Shows Good Form in Q1
Gaiam, Inc. revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 increased 11.2% to $62.2 million from $55.9 million recorded in the same period last year…
Skier Visits Barely Miss Record Marks
Despite moderately poor snow conditions, the U.S. ski industry recorded 59.7 million visits…
SIA: Firmer Pricing Leads to Near-Record Sales
Firmer pricing pushed retail snow sports sales to $2.94 billion this winter, up 4% from the same August-to-April period a year earlier and the second highest on record, the Snowsports Industries America (SIA) reported in its final retail audit of the seas
Timberland Appoints North American Marketing Chief
Timberland appointed Maile Buker as senior director of North America marketing. Before joining Timberland, Maile spent four years in vice president of marketing positions in the beverage industry. Her experience also includes working more than 15 years cr
FWS: Clean Vessel Act Grants Help Marinas Keep Waters Clean and Healthy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acting Director Rowan Gould said $12.8 million will be awarded to 31 states under the Clean Vessel Act grant program in 2010…
Crimson Trace Names Thomas Director of Marketing
Crimson Trace has appointed Kent Thomas as Director of Marketing. The company said Thomas will oversee all aspects of Crimson Trace marketing functions to include managing and developing the professional marketing team, being a key participant in the cros
U.S. Launches Investigation of IPR Infringement in China
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched the first of two investigations into the effect on the U.S. economy and U.S. jobs of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in China…
Stein Mart’s April Comps Down 5.4%; Q1 Down 3.8%
As anticipated, Stein Mart's April sales were negatively impacted by the shift of Easter which accelerated pre-holiday selling into March,” noted David H. Stovall, Jr., president and chief executive officer…
