Natalie Zmuda
       纽约（10月25日，2005）锐步的利润在第三季度激增了44％，主要是由其Ralph Lauren鞋税后4900万美元的销售额所驱动。然而这期间的销售额却从一年前的11.6亿美元滑落到了10.4亿美元。
      与一年前的8108万美元的利润，或每股1.34美元相比，这个总部在马萨诸塞州坎顿市公司的今年净利润是1亿1770万美元，或每股1.87美元。
    “随着8月3日与阿迪达斯提议合并消息的宣布，这对于我们来说肯定是一个不平凡的非同寻常的季度。锐步的主席兼CEO保罗.菲尔曼(Paul Fireman)在一分声明中说。
                       Reebok Q3 Earnings Jump 44 Percent as Sales Dip
   Natalie Zmuda
    New York (October 25, 2005) - Reebok earnings soared 44 percent in the third quarter, driven primarily by a $49-million after-tax gain from its sale of its Ralph Lauren footwear business. Sales in the period slipped 10 percent, however, to $1.04 billion from $1.16 billion a year ago.
   Net income at the Canton, Mass.-based firm was $117.7 million, or $1.87 per diluted share, compared to $81.8 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. Besides the Ralph Lauren sale, the period results also include $2.5 million in costs pertaining to the firm’s proposed merger with Adidas.
    Additionally, results were impacted by the integration of The Hockey Co. and the repositioning of the firm s business with Foot Locker.
   "This was certainly an eventful and unusual quarter for us with the announcement on Aug. 3 of our proposed merger with Adidas," Paul Fireman, chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
    Also, added Fireman, "As we noted last quarter, we are working on repositioning our business with one of our major customers, Foot Locker, by shifting some of our classic business at Foot Locker into new performance categories that we believe will stimulate consumer demand."