Net loss at the luxury skiwear and lifestyle brand widened 82% to $2,744,000 from a loss of $1,511,000 on sales that were down 35% to $3,833,000 from $5,888,000 prior for the second quarter ended Sep. 30.

Continuing a year-long downtrend, adjusted sales of sporting goods/hobby/book and music stores dropped last month to $8,146 million from $8,430 million, the tenth straight month of declines, according to Commerce Dept. data.

Both Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis weighed in with recommendations that VSTO shareholders approve the $2.225 billion sale of its Kinetic Group ammunition business to Czechoslovak Group.

Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday is expected to see 183.4 million shoppers this year, up from 182.0 million last year and the highest total ever, according to the NRF and Prosper Insights & Analytics survey of shopping intentions.