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The Athlete’s Foot To Host Franchise Convention at SGMA Spring Market
The Athlete's Foot will hold its Global Franchise Convention at SGMA Spring Market (June 11-13; Sands Expo and Convention Center; Las Vegas, Nevada). Hundreds of The Athlete's Foot franchise owners from around the world are anticipated to attend
Adams Golf Sees Q4 Sales Jump
Adams Golf reported net sales increased 35.1% to $13.1 million for the fourth quarter from $9.7 million in the comparable period last year. The company used the sales gains to switch last year's net loss of $1.0 million to a net income of $4.4 millio
Vail Second Quarter Earnings Climb
Vail Resorts, Inc.'s mountain segment reported a 10.5% increase in fiscal second quarter revenues to $272.0 million from $246.2 million for the comparable quarter last fiscal year. Mountain expense increased $9.2 million, or 6.1%, to $159.9 million.
Heely’s Rolls Through First Quarter in Public Eye…
Heely's, Inc. ended its first quarter as a public company at the same time as it ended its first fiscal year, all the while reporting triple-digit growth for sales and earnings for both periods. Sales grew both within the U.S. and without, with domes
Iconix Closes Danskin Acquisition
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. has completed the acquisition of the brand Danskin. The purchase price for the transaction was $70 million with a contingent payment of an additional $15 million, to be payable in cash or stock, based on the brand exceeding certai
Franklin Sports Underwrites SGMA Show Fees
Access to SGMA Spring Market is extended free of charge to all attendees registering through March 31, thanks to Franklin Sports, which is underwriting this month’s attendee registration fees – a savings of $50 per attendee…
adidas Group Passes €10 Billion Mark for 2006; Reebok Drag Persists…
At this time last year, management at adidas Group were busy working on the integration of a recently-acquired Reebok business, contending with a sharp decline in order backlog, a projected sales decline, lower margins, and lower operating margins for the
Golf Town Sees 15% Annual Sales Increase
A strong fourth quarter led to a strong fiscal year for Canadian golf-specialty retailer Golf Town. For the fourth quarter, which ended December 31, 2006, net sales increased 16.4% to CA$37.7 million ($33.1 mm) from CA$32.4 million ($27.6 mm) on a 4.0% co
Foot Locker Sees Reduced Promos Boost Profits…
Foot Locker Inc. management said they took their foot off the promotional pedal during much of the month of December in the U.S. and for most of the entire fourth quarter in Europe, a move that helped the world’s-largest-athletic-specialty-retailer post s
Life Fitness Inks iPod Deal
Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corporation, said it plans to offer seamless integration with Apple Inc.’s iPod players in several of its upcoming products…
Genesco Sees Continued Strength at Journeys Formats; Urban Formats Hurt Q4…
Genesco Inc., which has seen its Journeys format at ground zero for three of the biggest trends over the last year, may be starting to see some issues with two of its other key formats. While Journeys has been riding the fashion athletic wave from the be
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…
Frozen February Slows Retail Comp Sales Growth
As blizzards and freezing temperatures swept across much of the country in February, consumers were left sitting at home waiting for the spring thaw to finally arrive. Retailers, meanwhile, were left waiting for those very consumers to return to the cash
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
Rocky Brands Sinks into the Red in Q4…
Hurt by a slowdown in its western boot business, Rocky Brands Inc. reported a loss of $100,000 against a profit of $2.6 million, or 46 cents per share, a year ago. Revenues fell 5.7% to $70.6 million from $74.9 million…
