More First Quarter Good News

As the first quarter results roll in, it looks like there is even more good news for the outdoor industry on both the vendor/manufacturer and the retail side of the business.

Amer Sports net sales reached €372.6 million ($516.4mm) in the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, up 5% from the same quarter a year ago…  Sales rose 11% in the Winter and Outdoor segment which includes Salomon, Suunto, Mavic, and Arc’Teryx…

Adidas AG reported its first-quarter net profit rose to €168 million ($234 million) from €5 million in the year-ago period.

Johnson Outdoors Inc.’s sales rose nearly 6% in the second fiscal quarter;  net income soarted 148% to $6.2 million…

VF Corp first-quarter revenues increased 1.4% to $1.75 billion from $1.73 billion a year ago. Earnings soared 62% to a record $163.5 million…

Jarden Corp’s Outdoor Solutions segment, which includes Coleman, K2, Marmot and several other brands, generated sales of $614.2 million in the first quarter, up 3.9% from $591.3 million. Operating earnings for the segment reached $39.9 million, up 50% from $26.6 million…

The Timberland company first-quarter 2010 net income climbed 61,6% to $25.7 million…

Volcom, Inc. sales for the first quarter were $77.4 million compared with $68.3 million in the first quarter of 2009…

GSI Commerce Inc., the e-commerce provider for Dick’s Sporting Goods, TSA, Eastern Mountian Sports and dozens of other retailers, reported that net revenues rose 38.7% to $272.6 million…

Shimano Inc.’s sales rose 11.4% to ¥50.2 billion ($553.7mm)…

Under Armour direct-to-consumer sales outpaced total sales nearly fivefold, pushing up margins and profits…