The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. position in the Retail Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for The Walking Company Holdings, Inc.. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
• In the part that describes The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
• Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of The Walking Company Holdings, Inc. business.

About The Walking Company Holdings, Inc.

Big Dog Holdings, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of apparel and other consumer products through company-operated retail stores located in the United States. The company’s subsidiaries include Big Dog Sportswear (Big Dogs) and The Walking Company (TWC).

Segments

The company operates in two segments: Big Dogs and TWC.

Business of BIG DOGS

Big Dogs offer a collection of consumer products, including active wear, casual sportswear, accessories and gifts for men and women of all ages. BIG DOGS is an All-American, family-oriented brand. The BIG DOGS brand is designed to appeal to men, women and children of all ages, especially when they are engaged in leisure or recreational activities.

The company develops apparel products, which include a variety of basic apparel and related products. These apparel products include graphic T-shirts, shorts, knit and woven shirts, fleece items, loungewear and boxer shorts. In addition to its BIG DOGS line of activewear and casual sportswear for men and women, the company has a LITTLE BIG DOGS line of infants' and children's apparel and a BIG BIG DOGS line of big-size apparel. The company also sells a line of non-apparel products, including plush animals, stationery and pet products, which feature Big Dog graphics and are developed to complement the company’s apparel.

BIG DOGS is sold through 145 company-owned stores and through its customer-direct business of catalog and online sales.

Merchandising

The company’s apparel lines include full collections of classic unisex casual sportswear and activewear for adults and for big sizes, as well as collections for infants and children.

Adult Apparel and Accessories: Big Dogs sells a line of adult unisex activewear and casual sportswear. The company offers screen-printed and embroidered T-shirts and sweatshirts, in a variety of styles and colors that display the Big Dogs’ graphics and slogans. In addition, the company offers shorts, knit and woven casual shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, loungewear, boxer shorts, swimwear and sleepwear, all of which feature print designs or the BIG DOGS’ name and/or dog logo. Adult apparel line primarily focuses on basic items that recur with relatively minor variation from season-to-season and year-to-year.

Big-Size Apparel: BIG BIG DOGS’ category offers a line of unisex activewear and casual sportswear. This category features screen-printed and embroidered T-shirts and sweatshirts, in a variety of styles and colors that display the BIG DOGS’ graphic themes and slogans. In addition, the company offers shorts, knit and woven casual and sports shirts, fleece tops and bottoms, loungewear, boxer shorts, swimwear and sleepwear, which may feature print designs or simply the BIG DOGS’ name and/or dog logo.

Infants’ and Children’s Apparel and Accessories: The LITTLE BIG DOGS line includes infants, toddlers, kids and youth sizes. Products in this line include graphic T-shirts, shirts, fleece items, infant and toddler one-pieces, boxer shorts, dresses and shorts, all of which feature distinctive graphics.

Business of TWC

TWC is a chain of specialty retail stores selling technically designed comfort footwear and accessories to both men and women, including such brands as ECCO, Mephisto, Dansko, Merrell and Pikolinos.

Merchandising

The TWC product line features branded comfort footwear and accessories. The professional comfort line focuses on working professionals who spend long hours on their feet. The dress comfort line includes formal styles. The sport & active comfort line combines function and performance with style and design to create products that fit an active lifestyle. The casual comfort line includes comfort footwear for casual, everyday use. TWC also sells accessories that are designed to add to the comfort of the walking experience. During spring/summer, the focus shifts toward sandals. During the fall/winter, the focus shifts toward boots, slippers and all-weather footwear.

Retail Stores: As of December 31, 2006, the company operated a total of 151 stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia.

Competition

Big Dogs, within each merchandise category, competes with apparel and specialty retail companies such as The GAP and Eddie Bauer and The Disney Stores.

History

Big Dog Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1992.