Gildan Racks Up Market Share Gains as Unit Sales Outpace Market…
Gildan Activewear saw sales in the fourth quarter increase 33.3% to $145.6 million from $109.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. The increase was attributed to a 20.4% increase in unit shipments coupled with higher selling prices and more fav
OIA Comments on Utah’s Price Management Plan…
Outdoor Industry Association VP of Government affairs Myrna Johnson recently released a letter written to the Utah BLM commenting on the agency’s ‘Price Management Plan,’ which affects Desolation and Nine Mile Canyon, The Green River, The San Rafael Swell
Oakley Stock Falls on Thump’s Slump…
Shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend several analysts downgraded Oakley stock, citing poor sell-through of the much hyped THUMP sunglass/MP-3 player. OO shares fell 12.3% for the week to close at $12.03 on Friday evening…
U.S. Dollar and Asian Restructuring Hurt Rossignol’s Q2 Net Income…
Last month, BOSS reported that The Rossignol Group’s first half sales showed a marked improvement, but requests to delay shipments and exchange rates again pulled sales down. Consolidated group sales for the first half-year showed a slight 0.4% drop to €1
Pakistani Sporting Goods Manufacturers Vow to Go Green…
The Global Forum for Sports and Environment conference, backed by the UN Environment Program was held for the first time in Lahore, Pakistan, the city of origin for 60% of all of the world’s soccer balls. During the Forum, the country’s sporting goods man
Oakley Stock Falls on Thump’s Slump…
Shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend several analysts downgraded Oakley stock, citing poor sell-through of the much hyped THUMP sunglass/MP-3 player. OO shares fell 12.3% for the week to close at $12.03 on Friday evening…
VF Outdoor Coalition Outlines New Management Roles…
Mike Corvino has been been promoted to president of JanSport. He was most recently VP of sales and merchandising for VF Imagewear. He will report to Mike Egeck, president of VF Outdoor – Americas, whi made the announcement last week amid a flurry of oth
Kellwood Sees Health in Outdoor Specialty Channel…
Kellwood, the parent company to American recreation and its subsidiaries Sierra Designs and Kelty, reported a third quarter sales increase of 11.3% to $716.8 million compared to $644.1 million. The majority of the sales increase was attributed to an organ
Russell Athletic: And Then There Were Three… Again…
Russell Corporation continues to experiment with organizational structure, this time splitting the Russell Athletic business into three business units again after three years as a merged business. This time the business will be split into Team, Men’s Ret
Alpina Sports Expands into Canada…
On the heels of a taking over ownership of the US-based Alpina Sports Corp, Frank Thibodeau, ASC’s president & CEO, told BOSS that his company has expanded its distribution into Canada. Heading the Canadian sales team will be Mike Doble, national sales m
Chief Executive Officer — Action Sports Company
Private equity firm seeks CEO for high-growth branded action-sports company located in Southern California. Company is a leading designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of action sports goods targeting the young male demographic…
Umbro Upbeat at Analyst Meeting…
Umbro last week invited institutional investors and analysts to company HQ in the U.K. for presentations on Umbro’s marketing strategy, its international licensee network, new product development, and updates on the U.K. and U.S. markets…
Chief Financial Officer — Action Sports Company
Private equity firm seeks CFO for high-growth branded action-sports company located in Southern California. Company is a leading designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of action sports goods targeting the young male demographic…
Huffy Corp. to Sell Snowboard Assets to Salter Group…
As SEW reported last week, Huffy Corporation filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy court seeking approval to sell its Hespeler hockey, in-line skates, and action sports businesses to Forzani Group Ltd. in a deal worth $1.6 million. Huffy was also soliciting
Product Manager — Dunham Women’s Casual
Dunham is seeking a Product Manager to create, articulate and implement the plan to achieve business objectives for the women's casual business. You will manage development activities of the cross functional team and build relationships with
