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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
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…
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
Rossignol’s Weak Winter Drags Down Quiksilver’s Fiscal First Quarter Results…
Quiksilver was a victim of the warm winter weather during the company’s fiscal first quarter with both Europe and U.S. winter sports sales declining in the double-digits. While the company gained some market share during the fiscal fourth quarter, the re-
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
SGMA: Sporting Goods Industry Hits $66 Billion
According to SGMA’s annual The State of the Industry report, wholesale sales in the sporting goods industry increased 7.6% to $66.44 billion during 2006, up from $61.75 billion in 2005. This top line number includes sales of athletic footwear, apparel and
Cutter and Buck Fiscal Q3 Hurt by Litigation, Last Year’s Discontinued Product…
Cutter & Buck Inc. posted a sales decrease for the fiscal third quarter, which paired with an increase in SG&A expenses to cause the company’s net income to fall. On a conference call with analysts, the company noted that the decrease in sales comes as a
Ashworth Sees Domestic Woes Plague Q1 Results…
Growth overseas was not enough to offset decreases in the U.S. for Ashworth during the company’s fiscal first quarter. The overall sales decline, paired with increased expenses as well as decreased gross margins related to the “underutilization of the Emb
