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Genesco Hikes EPS Guidance On Healthy Comp Sales
With sales same-store sales jumping a stronger-than-expected 13 percent in the quarter ending through Jan. 7, Genesco Inc. again raised its guidance for the year by a dime a share. In the same year-ago period, same store sales increased 9 percent…
Pacific Sunwear Seeing Some Stabilization
While announcing plans to close nearly a quarter of its stores in early December, Pacific Sunwear said its core business is stabilizing with some turnaround efforts starting to pay off…
DSW Lifts Q4 Guidance
DSW Inc. raised its EPS guidance on the strength of strong November and December revenues. Its annual earnings were slightly raised to a range of $2.96 to $2.99 for fiscal 2011 from a range of $2.90 to $2.95 previously. The family shoe chain also plans to
OR Winter Market Offers Multiple Aids for Show Scheduling and Navigation
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market's 2012 Smartphone App is now available for download. In a bid to make it easier to navigate the labyrinthine show floor next week, the trade show is also manning a new info kiosk and launching a text help service. Final
Gear Aid Announces New Odor Eliminator
Gear Aid™, the gear repair and maintenance brand by McNett®, announced the availability of a new odor eliminator. Specially formulated for toe shoes, barefoot shoes and other minimalist footwear, Rank Away™ is a safe and effective solution designed to tr
Deckers Outdoor Expects Retail To Generate Quarter of Sales by 2015
Deckers Outdoor Corp. will open 25 new stores this year and expects to have at least 200 stores generated 25 percent of its revenue by 2015, CEO, President and Chairman Angel Martinez said at the ICR XChange investor conference last week. The company alre
Confluence Watersports Hires Supply Chain and Marketing Pros
Confluence Watersports, which recently completed its move to a new campus in Greenville, S.C., announced four key new hires in the areas of sourcing and supply chain and marketing and accessories teams…
Anvil Knitwear Appoints VP of Retail Sales
Anvil Knitwear announced that Doug LeRoy has joined the New York City-based apparel manufacturer as vice president of retail sales. LeRoy comes to Anvil from Gildan where he served as a Vice President of Sales, Merchandising, Marketing and Product Develop
Columbia Buys Building to House Canadian Headquarters
Columbia Sportswear Co. confirmed it is buying a building in London, Ontario to house a new Canadian headquarters in a signal of renewed commitment to the Great White North, where its sales are already about 20 percent higher per capita than in the United
RECALL: 30,400 Kids Helmets Fail CPSC Safety Test
Triple Eight Distribution, Inc., of Port Washington, NY is voluntarily recalling about 30,400 bicycle helmets for children and youth because product testing demonstrated that they do not comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards for
Walking Co.’s Revenues Climb 7 Percent in 2011
The Walking Company Holdings, Inc., the parent company of The Walking Company and Big Dog Sportswear, announced that its net sales for the year ended Dec. 31, were approximately $201.5 million, a 7 percent increase as compared to 2010. The company also sa
Everlast Unveils 2012 Global Marketing Campaign
Everlast Worldwide Inc. has unveiled their 2012 global marketing campaign which takes aim at introducing and educating a new group of target users on the fitness benefits of fight sports training…
Lids Sports Partners with Super Baskets of Hope
Riley Children’s Foundation, Basket of Hope and former Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy have kicked off the first-ever Super Bowl host city service project that reaches across the nation. The Super Baskets of Hope project is made possible thanks
Adams Golf to Explore Strategic Alternatives
Adams Golf, Inc. announced that its board of directors has unanimously decided to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. The board intends to consider the full range of available options. The company has engaged Morgan S
Stein Mart’s Comps Flattish in December
Stein Mart, Inc. reported comparable store sales for the five-week period ended Dec. 31, 2011 were flat to last year. Total sales for the December five-week period were $166.0 million, a decrease of 0.2 percent from $166.3 million in the same period last
