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Big 5 Announces Promotions

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp named Richard A. Johnson as Executive Vice President and Shane O. Starr as Senior Vice President, Operations…

New Era Collaborates with Spike Lee on MLB Cap ads

New Era Cap Co., the official on-field cap of Major League Baseball (MLB), hired Spike DDB, the advertising agency founded by film director Spike Lee and DDB Worldwide, to produce and direct its latest television commercials, in support of the launch of i

OIA Sets Agenda for Capitol Summit 2007

Every year, Outdoor Industry Association members gather in Washington D.C. to visit with their Representatives and Senators and lobby for issues that are important to the Outdoor Industry. OIA has held events similar to this for over a decade, but each ye

Malden Converts BK to Chap 7

In the on-going saga of Malden Mills’ most recent bankruptcy, the company has filed for chapter 7 in an effort to dismantle the former entity known as Malden Mills and to start the business anew under the name Polartec, LLC. The attorneys for Malden filed

Cabela’s Incorporated Prices Secondary Offering

Cabela's Inc. announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,736,868 shares of its common stock, all being offered by stockholders affiliated with J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC and Fulcrum Growth Partners…

G-III Apparel Group Prices Secondary Offering

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd., an outerwear and sportswear manufacturer, priced an offering of 4,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $20 per share. Of these shares, 1,621,000 shares will be sold by the company and 2,879,000 shares w

Golf Town Sees 15% Annual Sales Increase

Golf Town saw 2006 sales increase 14.8% to CA$220.1 million ($194.1 mm) from CA$191.7 million ($158.4 mm) last year. The increase was due to the addition of three new stores in 2005 and four new stores in 2006 for a total of 28 as at December 31, 2006 as

Umbro’s U.S. Business Disappoints

Umbro said its U.S. business has underperformed significantly in 2006 due to weakness at Foot Locker. Overall, sales in the U.S. were down 63.1%…

LL Bean Tops $1.5 Billion in Fiscal 2006

L.L.Bean reported record annual net sales of $1.54 billion for the 2006 fiscal year ending February 25, 2007, a 4.6% increase over 2005. E-commerce grew almost 10% and emerged as the company's dominant sales channel for the year. The company also an

PacSun March Comps Continue Decline

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. total sales for the month of February were $89.8 million, an increase of 1.2% over total sales of $88.7 million during the same period last year. Total Company same-store sales decreased 5.7% during the same period. By

Finish Line Q4 Comps Down 5.4%

The Finish Line, Inc. saw overall net sales increase 7.5% to $429.0 million for the fourteen week fourth quarter from $399.2 million for last year's thirteen week quarter. Excluding the fourteenth week this year (approximately $24.2 million of sales)

Gottschalks February Comps Down 3.6%

Gottschalks Inc. saw February comparable store sales decrease 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stores than in the comparable pe

Nordstron Februalry Comps Increase 9.1%

Nordstrom, Inc. reported preliminary sales of $546.6 million for the four-week month ending March 3, 2007, an increase of 9.5% compared to sales of $499.1 million for the four-week period ending February 25, 2006. Same-store sales increased 9.1%…

Costco Comps Increase 5% in Q2

Costco Wholesale Corporation net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 increased to $14.80 billion from $13.79 billion during the second quarter of fiscal 2006. Comp sales increased 5% for the quarter…

Gottchalks reports 3.6% February Comp Decline

Gottschalks Inc. announced that same store sales for the month of February 2007 decreased 3.6% compared to the prior year. Total sales for the month decreased 3.8% to $42.6 million from $44.3 million in February 2006. The company operated three fewer stor