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Sorel to Sponsor U.S. Snowboarding Team
Sorel, a cold-weather boot manufacturer and one of Columbia Sportswear Company's portfolio of outdoor brands, announced its official sponsorship of U.S. Snowboarding…
Q3 Comps Up 4.5% for Bakers Footwear
Bakers Footwear Group, Inc., a specialty retailer of fashion footwear for young women, reported net sales for the third quarter ended Nov. 1 were $41.1 million, an increase of 1.9% from $40.3 million for the thirteen-week period ended Nov. 3, 2007…
Survey: A Third of Major Retailers Cut Holiday Ad Spend
One-third (32%) of chief marketing officers (CMOs) at leading U.S. retailers state that their holiday marketing and advertising budgets have been reduced this season, according to a survey conducted in October by the accounting and consulting firm BDO Sei
Rottefella To Sell NTN Bindings Via Boot Makers
Rottefella AS is shifting its North American distribution model to make it easier for retailers to buy an NTN telemark binding/boot system. Starting Jan. 1, 2009, the company will distribute NTN bindings through the three ski boot manufacturers/distribut
Sport and Fitness Top Performing Retail Category Since Cyber Monday
ComScore reported that holiday retail e-commerce through Dec. 5 reached $14.92 billion, essentially the same level compared to the corresponding days last year. For the five days beginning with Dec. 1 (Cyber Monday), the kick-off to the heaviest part of t
Ohio Gun Hunters Awarded Extended Deer Season
Ohio's popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 20-21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife…
PacSun, Zumiez Comps Fall, The Buckle Remains Strong
Pacific Sunwear of California reported that total PacSun sales for fiscal month of November declined 8% to $101 million versus total sales of $110.2 million in the year ago period. PacSun same-store sales decreased 10% during the same period.
Puma Acquires Stake in Dobotex
Puma AG will take a majority stake in Dutch company Dobotex as of January 1, 2009. In a brief statement, the company, based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, did not indicate the size of the stake or the terms of the deal…
Adidas Buys Sensor Company
Physic Ventures announced that adidas International, Inc. has acquired Textronics, Inc. a developer of wearable sensors for use in fitness monitoring…
Bally Total Fitness Files for Chapter 11
Bally Total Fitness Corporation filed for voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Bally intends to use the Chapter 11 process to significantly reduce debt from its balance sheet while
Is This Really Christmas Spirit?
When SportsOneSource reported in late October that adidas planned to cut costs by implementing a hiring freeze and scrubbing plans for year-end parties, the brain trust at Sole Technologies, manufacturers of Etnies, Emerica and eS footwear, among other br
Johnson Outdoors Whipsawed by Tough Economy
Johnson Outdoors has suspended dividend payments and will double its cost cutting efforts to prepare for a tough 2009 in the wake of a $51.7 million fourth quarter operating loss…
Flip Skateboards Shifts Distribution Partner
Flip Skateboards, Inc. has finalized a buy-out deal from a long term distribution agreement with Blitz Distribution, Inc. Effective immediately, the company has relocated the sales and distribution of its brand to NHS, Inc., in Santa Cruz, CA…
Billabong Cuts EPS Forecast on Weakening U.S. Sales
Billabong International Limited nearly halved its guidance on EPS growth for fiscal 2008-09 from 12% to 16% EPS growth down to 6% to 10% due to further deterioration in consumer sales, primarily in the U.S. The revised guidance implies full year sales gro
Long Beach Port Delays and Lowers New Container Fee
The Port of Long Beach has announced it will delay until at least July 1, 2009 a fee on 20-foot equivalent containers that was set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2009. Additionally, the port will lower the fee from $15 to $6. The Port of Los Angeles is expecte
