Rick Brooks led Zumiez Inc, a leading specialty retailer of action sports apparel reported an 11.6 per cent year on year hike in net sales for the third quarter ended November 1, 2014. Total net sales for the third quarter of 2014 surged ...
Tags: sports apparel, Clothing
Altamont Capital Partners is leading a majority recapitalization of Fox Head, Inc. the number one global motocross equipment, apparel and accessory brand. The current owners of the business, the founding Fox family, will continue to own a ...
Lifestyle apparel brand Mountain Khakis, and the North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) are honoring five member journalists with its annual Harold S. Hirsch Awards for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism. The awards ...
Tags: blog, columns, video, Sporting Goods
Quiksilver Inc. reached a definitive agreement to sell its majority stake in online retailer Surfdome to Surfstitch of Australia for net proceeds of approximately (US)$16 million for its equity interest, loans and other amounts due from ...
Tags: Quiksilver, Surfdome, Sporting Goods
Driven by strong growth in its outdoor & action sports portfolio and its direct-to-consumer business, revenues at apparel marketer – VF Corp rose 7 percent from a year earlier quarter to $3.5 billion in the third fiscal quarter ending ...
Tags: Apparel, action sports Apparel
Element, the skateboard brand, announced several key appointments to their U.S. leadership team. "We are entering a new era at Element,” said Global GM Frank Voit. “In almost 25 years, the brand has become a crucial player in ...
Tags: Element, skateboard, Sporting Goods
VF Corp. said The Timberland, Vans, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove a 7 percent increase in revenues and an 11 percent increase in earnings per share in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. All per share amounts are ...
Tags: VF Corp, Outdoor Brands
Led by a surge in net income, diluted EPS skyrocketed 62.5% year-on-year at Zumiez Inc, a retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear and accessories for the second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2014. Net income in the second ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Pacific Vector Holdings Inc., which owns actions sports brands and retail stores, is liquidating its three subsidiaries through voluntary petitions for Chapter 7 bankruptcy as a result of its financial losses, defaults by certain lenders ...
Keen, Inc. hired its first in-house VP of creative, Michael Minter. It also announced the launch of its new Innovation Lab based in Portland, OR. He was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. Keen said ...
Tags: Keen, VP, Sporting Goods
Authentic Brands Group, LLC (ABG), the parent of Prince, Spyder and TapOut, has agreed to acquire certain assets of Collective Licensing International, LLC, including Airwalk, Hind, Vision Street Wear, and Above The Rim. Terms were not ...
Tags: Authentic Brands, Collective Licensing International, Sporting Goods
VF Corporation reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 28, 2014. All per share amounts are presented on a diluted basis. Strong contribution from our Vans, Timberland, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove ...
Tags: VF, Apparel, Accessories
Animal, the UK’s leading action sports lifestyle brand has announced the opening of a new showroom in Manchester. Based in the city centre, the new space signifies the brand’s continued growth in 2014 following on from the ...
Tags: sports lifestyle brand, Showroom, Apparel
Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Bartels joins SAXX most recently from Columbia Sportswear where he served as Vice President of Global Footwear Sales. There he ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Outdoor industry
The 564-door action sports chain, which no longer reports weekly comparable store sales when reporting monthly results, said May comps increased 3.6% with stronger same store sales in the month's final two weeks. Overall sales rose 13.3% to ...