Black Diamond has lower margins on higher sales

Echoeing an observation made a few weeks ago by Blake Krueger, chief executive of Wolverine Worldwide, in commenting on its latest financial results, Peter Metcalf, president and chief executive of Black Diamond Inc. said that retailers are ordering conservatively, pushing more of the inventory risk over to the manufacturers and ...

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