Sid Factor Seven has hired Max Milverstedt for the newly created position of VP of Marketing and Product Strategy. Milverstedt left adidas Group in Portland and has relocated to Boulder to head up the new division. Sid Factor Seven is a full-service...(read all)

Orange 21 Inc., which owns Spy Optics, reported sales climbed 15.3% in the three months ended March 31, to $8.3 million from $7.4 million a year ago. The company incurred a net loss of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared...(read all)

Fitness company Nautilus, Inc. released unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Continuing operations include the Company’s direct and retail businesses. The Company's commercial business is reported as a discontinued oper...(read all)

Dorel Industries Inc. unveiled a new facility in the Metro-Vancouver area for their Apparel Footwear Group Division (AFG) within the company's Recreational/Leisure segment. The newly renovated 70,000-square-foot complex includes the full spectrum o...(read all)

Easton-Bell Sports Inc. said net sales for the first quarter ended April 3 were $194.1 million an increase of 5.0% as compared to $184.9 million of net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Operating income was $11.7 million for the first quart...(read all)

Life is Good will host a two-day music festival with the goal of raising $1 million to heal and strengthen children facing life-threatening challenges, including violence, illness, and extreme poverty. The event will include a first-of-its-kind fund...(read all)

R.G. Barry Corp., earned $539,000, or 5 cents a share, in the first quarter, up from $123,000, or a penny a share, in the same period a year ago. Revenue in the third quarter grew 5 percent to $22.2 million from $21.1 million, helping the company's...(read all)

In spite of a 14% surge in shooting sports equipment sales, U.S. retail sales of sporting goods (footwear, clothing and equipment), which slipped 1% in 2008, fell 3% in 2009, according to the soon to be released NSGA report "The Sporting Goods M...(read all)

Broder Bros., Co. reported first quarter 2010 net sales were $153.5 million compared to $151.7 million for the first quarter 2009.  Loss from operations for the first quarter 2010 was $3.3 million compared to $6.9 million for the first quarter 2...(read all)

The Warnaco Group's Swimwear Group, which includes Speedo, reported sales sales in the first quarter fell 8.4% to $87.9 million from $96 million a year ago, primarily as a result of reduced sales to membership clubs in the quarter. In constant curren...(read all)

The Stride Rite Children's Group, a division of the Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group, announced that Matt Feiner has been appointed senior vice president, wholesale, reporting to Sharon John, president of the Stride Rite Children's Gro...(read all)

Shoe Carnival reported sales for the first quarter of 2010 increased 13.2% to $189.5 million from net sales of $167.3 million for the first quarter of 2009. Comparable store sales for the thirteen-week period ended May 1, 2010 increased 13.1%. Both...(read all)

Sport Supply Group, Inc. reported sales increased 2.8% in the third quarter ended March 31, to $65.5 million from $63.7 million a year ago. Net Income decreases 8.5% to $3.2 million, or 25 cents a share, from $3.5 million, or 26 cents, in prior year...(read all)

In its first analyst meeting in three years, Nike announced plans to increase sales by 40% to $27 billion by 2015. In its full fiscal year ended May 31, 2009, its sales were $19.2 billion. Significant growth is expected to come from foreign markets,...(read all)

Dorel Industries Inc. added a record number of independent bike dealers, or IDBs, in the first quarter on the way to record sales and profits in its Recreational/Leisure segment. But the consumer products company said segment revenues rose 12.5% than...(read all)