Globe’s annual report for the year ended June 30 showed up on their web site a couple of days ago. It doesn’t contain much in the way of a detailed analysis of results, but I’ll give you what’s there. All the numbers are in Australian dollars. You can read it yourself if you want to. As […]
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Skull’s sales for the quarter ended June 30 rose 46.4% to $52.4 million over the same quarter last year. Net income more than doubled from $2.1 to $4.3 million. This was helped by an income tax rate that fell from 56.6% to 41.6%. Gross margin essentially stayed the same, falling just one tenth of a percent to 51.1%. You
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As you know, I tend to hate proforma financial statements, but once in a while they make sense. Orange’s quarter ended June 30 is one of those times. They sold their factory in Italy (LEM) on December 31, 2010. The June 30, 2010 quarter contains sales and expenses associated with LEM. The June 30, 2011 quarter does not. Happily,
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Don’t know how many of you saw this (I missed it for a while), but back in June, Skullcandy signed a licensing agreement with Sonomax to use its technology in Skullcandy’s headphones. Here’s the press release on the agreement and some information on Sonomax. The direct to consumer web site for Sonomax product is here. As far as
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It’s not like I look to the New York Times for all my good industry advertising and promotion ideas. Still, once in a while, they come up with something that gets me thinking. Their “Presto Instant Playground” article is one such idea. You may have to register to read it, but it won’t cost you anything. “During a
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VF released its earnings and had its conference call back on July 21, but the 10Q was only released August 10th. The results, as you probably already heard, were good. Revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% to $1.8 billion and net income rose 16.2% to $130 million. They accomplished this with a gross margin that fell
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The first thing to say is thanks to SIMA for making this study happen and to Leisure Trends Group for doing the research. We don’t get access to near enough industry and market data. As I’m not a member of SIMA, I don’t have access to the complete study. I’m working with the “Media Highlights” package that
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As I walked around the Agenda Trade Show last week, I saw a lot of people sitting across tables from each other in the booths obviously doing business. That is the definition of a successful trade show. The sample of company executives I talked too seemed to confirm that. People were surprised by the number of buyers.
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On July 18, Orange 21 (Spy Optic) amended its licensing agreement with Rose Colored Glasses (Mary J. Blige’s company). The amendment provides “…for an earlier expiration of the Company’s license to sell Mary J. Blige (“MJB”) branded sunglasses (the “License”) on March 31, 2012.” For this, they paid Rose Colored Glasses $1,000,000 at signing and issued a
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Since ASR closed, and before that actually, we (well, me at least) have been struggling to figure out the role of trade shows as the economy, technology, and the industry changed. How do you get retailers to attend shows (paying them isn’t a good long term strategy)? Should consumers be involved somehow? What sports and products should be
Trade Shows Re Re Re Re Re Visited; I Got an Idea. A Couple Actually. Hope One is Good. Read More »