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The North Face Revenues Grow 40% in Q1
VF Corporation saw income rise 12% to a record $128.2 million from $114.7 million before the cumulative effect of a change in accounting policy for stock compensation expense, with earnings per share rising 14% to $1.14 from $1.00. Reflecting the cumulati
SEW Goes One-On-One with… Puma’s Jay Piccola
Sports Executive Weekly sat down last week with Jay Piccola, General Manager of Puma USA, after the brand scored a significant marketing victory as Italy, a Puma-sponsored team, won the World Cup on penalty kicks versus France…
An Interview with prAna Co-Founder Beaver Theodosakis
The B.O.S.S. Report sat down with prAna co-founder Beaver Theodosakis to discuss how life has changed since Liz Caiborne acquired the company last year…
Brown Shoe Adds Two VP’s and One SVP
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. has named Dan Friedman as Senior Vice President-Product and Sourcing. The company also added Margie Connelly as Vice President-Licensing and Mark Matiszik as Vice President-E-Commerce…
Deckers Inks Partnership with UC Santa Barbara Environmental Science School
Deckers Outdoor Corporation signed a partnership with UC Santa Barbara Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. UCSB Alumni Doug Otto, Deckers Founder and Chairman, began producing sandals in 1973. Since then, Deckers has grown into an
CW-X Named Official Base Layer Supplier for USA Luge
USA Luge and CW-X Conditioning Wear have agreed to a four-year contract for CW-X to be the association's “official performance base layer supplier.” The agreement takes effect immediately and will continue through the 2010 Winter Games…
Execute Sports Triples On-line Sales Volume
Execute Sports, Inc.'s online sales volume has more than tripled since its March launch through leading retailers including Dick's Sporting Goods, The Sports Authority, Sport Chalet, Sports R Us, GI Joe's, Modell's, Fog Dog, MVP, MC Sp
Grandoe Hires Two New Rep Groups
The Grandoe Corporation hired Addleman – Kirsch
to represent the brand in Northern California and Northern
Nevada and Peter Kailey as principal sales rep for the New England Territory…
Millea Leaves Post with Amer Sports
Steve Millea has decided to leave Amer Sports Group to return to the U.S. Millea was the former President of Wilson Golf and Racquet Sports and most recently served as Vice President, Sourcing, Asia Pacific since December 2005. Millea has been with Wilson
OutDoor INDUSTRY AWARD to be Presented at OutDoor Europe
Messe Friedrichshafen will be presenting the first OutDoor INDUSTRY AWARD this year at the European OutDoor trade fair (July 23rd to 26th 2006). Created and organised by iF International Forum Design, the aim of the competition is to promote good design
Mervin Mfg. Moves Parts of Back-End Ops to Utah
Mervin Manufacturing has officially moved to the new sales offices at The Mountain Center in Park City, UT. This new building houses all of the Quiksilver Winter Sports Division brands which are Rossignol, Dynastar, Roxy Skis and Snowboards, and all of t
Saks June Comps Increase 4.7%
Retailer Saks Incorporated announced that for the five weeks ended July 1, 2006 compared to the five weeks ended July 2, 2005, total Company comparable store sales increased 4.7%, and total sales decreased 43.8%. By segment, comparable store sales increas
Neiman Marcus Group June Comps Jump 7.7%
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. June sales increased 10.0% to $386 million compared to $351 million last year. Comparable store sales increased 7.7%…
Timbuk2 Goes PVC Free
In an ongoing effort to become a more sustainable company, Timbuk2 is going completely PVC-free throughout its entire 2007 Spring/Summer product line. Timbuk2’s product development team found new materials to replace the vinyl, without compromising on qua
Liquid Boardwear Taps Origin for Marketing
Liquid Boardwear will be working with Origin Design + Communications for its marketing needs. Origin Design + Communications will consult and design all visual materials relevant to Liquid Boardwear’s integrated marketing plan which ties together product
