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Wilson Racquet Sports to Distribute Luxilon
Wilson Racquet Sports and its parent company Amer Sports have partnered with Luxilon Sports to serve as the exclusive world-wide distributor of their monofilament strings and other products beginning in 2006. Belgium-based Luxilon is used by more than 800
Spalding Neverflat Receives ‘Best of’ Award
Fresh off the heels of introducing the Spalding Neverflat basketball, Popular Science Magazine has recognized the basketball guaranteed to hold air 10 times longer than traditional basketballs, among the Best of What’s New products in the recreation categ
Footstar Sees Q3 Sales Fall 13%; Narrows Net Loss
Footstar, Inc. reported that net sales decreased $24.3 million, or 13.1%, to $161.7 million in 2005 compared with $186.0 million in 2004. A 9.6% comparable store sales decline in Shoemart during 2005 accounted for $15.7 million of this decrease and the cl
SIA and REI Host ‘Winter Feels Good’ Event
SIA is working with REI stores in Northern Virginia and Maryland to host the Winter Feels Good Pavilion and Snowshoe Park that will be a interactive feature of the National Ski and Snowboard Expo this weekend – November 11-13, 2005 – at the Dulles Expo Ce
Pacific Sunwear Sees Q3 Sales Jump 14%; Income Up 20%
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for the third quarter ended October 29, 2005 were $377.5 million, an increase of 13.6% over total sales of $332.4 million for the third quarter of 2004. Net income for the quarter increased 20
Royal Robbins Maintains Double-Digit Growth…
Phoenix Footwear experienced a slow third quarter because of cancelled orders from one of their key footwear accounts and lagging military orders in their Altama division. The two bright spots for the company were Royal Robbins, which remains one of the m
LaCrosse Q3 Top-Line Hurt by Lack of GSA Orders; Taxes Take a Chunk Out of Bottom Line…
LaCrosse Footwear third quarter sales fell 10.1% to $31.0 million, compared to $34.5 million in the third quarter of 2004. Sales last year included $2.8 million from General Services Administration delivery orders for uniform boots and $1.6 million from
National Park Service Eyes Radical Rule Changes…
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its revised and re-written rules governing the National Parks Service and so far, the Outdoor Industry and conservation community is reacting with skepticism and, in some cases, hostility. The largest controver
Bike Sales Fall at Pacific Cycle in Spite of Gas Price Hike…
Dorel Industries reported that third quarter revenue in its Recreational/Leisure Segment decreased 33.7% to $70.8 million compared to last year's $106.8 million. Earnings from operations dropped 57.4% to $6.3 million compared to $14.7 million last ye
Everlast Sees Shares Surge on Record Third Quarter…
Everlast Worldwide posted the highest third quarter revenues for the company, riding a 13.5% increase in sales to $12.6 million from $11.1 million last year. Management attributed the sales gain to continuing apparel operations and sporting goods, which
The Sportsman’s Guide Sees Margin Improvements Help the Bottom Line…
The Sportsman's Guide, Inc. anniversaried its acquisition of The Golf Warehouse in its most recent quarter, with total net sales of $61.5 million, compared to $57.0 million for last year's third quarter. The nearly 8% increase in consolidated ne
Nordic Walking Expansion Efforts Slow Exel’s Profits…
The Exel Group’s Sport division saw net sales declined slightly due to increased competition in the Nordic walking market in Europe, while profits took a hit from their investment in expanding the category into China, Japan, and North America. Third quart
Intrawest Sees Fiscal First Quarter Return to Profitability
Intrawest Corporation, for the first quarter of 2006, reported total revenue of $301.8 million, an increase of 47%. Net income increased significantly to $9.2 million, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.19. Total Company EBITDA more than triple
Puma AG Sees Europe At-Once Negate Backlog Decline…
Puma AG’s third quarter looked a lot like its second quarter, but the Americas – and the U.S. in particular – strengthened even further as Europe started to show some improvement in both sales and backlog versus the Q2 period. The company reported that c
Sears Names EVP Apparel Design
Sears Holdings Corporation named Lisa Schultz as executive vice president, Sears Holdings Apparel Design, a new position. In this new role, Schultz will have responsibility over all of Sears' and Kmart's apparel design teams. She will report to
