The Spokesman-Review | August 26, 2004
- Instead, the Bowflex went on to become the fastest-selling piece of exercise equipment in the United States with sales pole-vaulting from $10 million in 1995 to $585 million in 2002, nearly doubling each year.
- But it's that very success that nearly killed the company.
- The Bowflex became so popular it inspired a legion of imitators -- including one that took matters into its own hands, just as the 17-year patent for the Bowflex was due to expire.
Spokesman Review | August 26, 2004
- You may remember him for stopping shots, but you'll love him for saving them.
- Steven Sullivan, one-time Spokane Jet and long-time Cranbrook Royals hockey goalkeeper, teaches a new approach to the game of golf that is rapidly gaining favor from all corners of the sport.
- You may have seen the Natural Golf infomercial on The Golf Channel.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.) | August 26, 2004
- Aug. 26--Two more stores are leaving Waccamaw Factory Shoppes less than a month after its anchor store, The Pottery at Waccamaw, closed its doors.
- Haggar has stores in both Tanger Factory Outlet Centers in Myrtle Beach.
- The Pepperidge Farm store, will move to Tanger's U.S. 501 center.
MARKET WIRE | August 26, 2004
- Element 21 Golf Company, formerly BRL Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: BRLN), is in the business of the manufacture and sale of advanced scandium golf equipment characterized by playability properties exceeding those of all other materials thus far applied to the manufacture of professional golf equipment in the areas of feel, distance and accuracy.
- Actual events or results may differ from Element 21 Golf Company's (E21) expectations on a negative or positive basis and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, competition with larger companies, development of and demand for a new technology, risks associated with a startup company, risks associated with international transactions, general economic conditions, availability of funds for capital expenditure by customers, availability of timely financing, cash flow, timely delivery by suppliers or E21, and ability to manage growth.
- Other risk factors attributable to E21's business segment may affect the actual results achieved by E21.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel | August 26, 2004
- Aug. 26--The idea is simple: sell pet medicines online, by phone and fax.
- For Pompano Beach-based PetMed Express Inc., the concept's worked well enough to shoot sales up 70 percent this fiscal year, which ended March 31, and earned it a spot on BusinessWeek magazine's hot-growth companies list in June.
- Shareholders have now sued PetMed, claiming that it delayed disclosing conditions that hampered sales growth while company insiders and executives in a year cashed in shares worth nearly $65 million before making the news public.
The Paducah Sun | August 26, 2004
- Aug. 22--PADUCAH, Ky.
- --John Lansing, who will take over Jan. 1 as president of Scripps Networks, parent company of Home & Garden Television, has deep Paducah roots.
- Lansing, 47, said then-Managing Director Fred Paxton was the first of many "wonderful mentors" who helped him advance in the industry, starting with WAVE-TV in Louisville after leaving Paducah.
MARKET WIRE | August 26, 2004
- Digital Hollywood announces the addition of the ITA "Re-Inventing Television Summit" as part of the schedule for Digital Hollywood LA. A special "combination ticket" will allow Digital Hollywood participants to deduct the price of their tickets from the Summit's 2-day pass.
- The combined event will provide the most thorough survey of next-generation television.
- Says Digital Hollywood founder, Victor Harwood, "The addition of the ITV Alliance, SBCA and CEA events makes this year's Digital Hollywood LA a one-stop shop for everyone involved in the television industry."
PRweek; U.S. ed. | August 26, 2004
- Somewhere between PR and advertising is a marketing niche ready to be snapped up.
- They got the product into the band's hands in a few high-profile locales - celebrity-drenched parties, a national TV show - and then let the press take over as they raked in the media impressions, ad equivalency value, and industry plaudits.
- Last year's Polaroid Ambush campaign, in which the instant photography company, with the help of ad firm Euro RSCG Worldwide and support from Paine PR, cashed in on the success of OutKast's "Hey Ya!"