Pacific Sunwear Q3 Sales Drop 5% to $341.9 M
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. said that total sales for the third quarter ended Nov. 1, 2008, were $323.6 million, a 5% decrease from total sales of $341.9 million for the third quarter ended Nov. 3, 2007. Total company same-store sales decreased 7%
Element 21 Sales Grow Four Fold in Q1
Element 21 Golf Company reported revenues more than quadrupled to a record $555,256 for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008 as golf and fishing equipment makers continued to adopt its scandium alloy products…
Report: Steve and Barry’s to Liquidate
Steve & Barry's LLC is set to announce this week it will go out of business, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Bay Harbour Management LC, the private-equity firm based in New York that acquired 175 of the stores less than three months
TSL Snowshoes Adds to Sales Team
TSL Snowshoes, manufacturer and distributor of domestically produced snowshoes, has added the Shaw & Heald Sales group to their national sales rep team. The group headed up by Andy Shaw and Scott Heald will be responsible for the New England Territory…
Grenade Gloves Partners with Winter Dew Tour
Grenade Gloves is is now the official glove partner for the Winter Dew Tour. This partnership will last two seasons–through the winter 2008-2009 and winter 2009-2010 tour seasons…
Bob Meers Becomes CEO of Taryn Rose
Taryn Rose International, the women's fashion footwear line, named Robert Meers as its new CEO. Meers resigned as CEO of Lululemon Athletica on June 30…
Sport-Haley Posts Loss; Revenues Slide 18%
Sport-Haley, Inc. reported net sales of fashion apparel decreased 18% in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, to $2.84 million from $3.41 million. The decrease for the comparative three-month periods was primarily comprised of decreases in net sales of Spor
The North Face Completes 1MW Solar Energy System
The North Face completed a 1MW solar electricity system at its West Coast distribution center located in Visalia, CA. The system, which will power 25%-30% of the energy needs of the facility, was designed, engineered and installed by Suntech Energy Soluti
Sugoi Names Marketing Manager
SUGOI Performance Apparel, a division of Dorel Industries, named Kara Hurry as its new marketing manager. Before joining SUGOI, Hurry, a native Australian, served as the Marketing Services Manager for Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) in New York. At AWI,
NSGA: Most Sporting Goods Retailers Improving Performance
Almost all specialty retailers, from small to large, improved key measures of profitability and productivity versus two years ago, according to data in the newly released NSGA Cost of Doing Business Survey. Almost 150 specialty retailers participated in t
Mizuno First Half Sales Decline 2.5%
Mizuno reported sales of ¥84.75 billion ($799.2 mm) for the fiscal first half ending Sept. 30, down 2.5% from the year-ago first half mark of ¥86.91 billion ($729.1 mm). Operating income dropped 16.2% to ¥3.45 billion ($32.5 mm), while net income after ta
Lafuma Sales Rose 5.2% in Fiscal 2008
Lafuma SA reported revenues of €263.7 million ($396.6mm) for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, up 5.2% from the €250.6 million ($333.5 mm) in the prior fiscal year. Excluding sales of its recently acquired Eider business, sales rose 2.9% to €255.0 million (
Asics H1 Sales Climb 14%, But Net Drops 9%
Asics reported revenues rose 14.2% in the first half ended Sept. 30 to ¥124.21 billion ($1.17 bn) from ¥108.74 billion ($912.3 mm), but net income slid 9.0% to ¥7.54 billion ($71.1 mm) from ¥8.29 billion ($69.6 mm)…
Outdoor Execs See Recovery Coming in Q3 2009
Executives in the outdoor industry don't expect an economic recovery to occur earlier than the second half of 2009, according to a survey recently conducted by the Outdoor Industry Association and Piper Jaffray. The survey also finds suppliers with a
Li and Fung Braces for Layoffs as Slowdown Hits China
Li & Fung Ltd has frozen hiring in most locations, reduced travel and other discretionary expenses and anticipates laying off some staff after completing a “critical review of its cost structure…”
