-- Total royalties declined 11.4% as compared to 2nd Quarter of last year, primarily as a result of the retail sales declines in North America -- Geographic diversification continues as international royalties comprise 58% of total 2nd Quarter revenues

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A little background...from Yahoo! Finance..."Cherokee, Inc., together with its subsidiary, SPELL C. LLC, engages in marketing, licensing, and managing brand names and related trademarks primarily in the United States. It owns various trademarks, including Cherokee, Sideout, Sideout Sport, Carole Little, CLII, Saint Tropez-West, Chorus Line, All that Jazz, and Molly Malloy. The company licenses its brand names and trademarks for men's, women's, and children's apparel, including intimate apparel, foundations, and sleepwear; fashion accessories; bed and bath products and accessories; luggage, sports bags, and backpacks; home textiles; domestics and home decor products; home furnishings; and sporting goods. In addition, it assists other brand-owners, companies, wholesalers, and retailers in identifying licensees or licensors for their brands or stores. The company has a strategic relationship with Target Stores, which has the exclusive right in the United States to use the Cherokee trademarks in certain categories of merchandise". CHKE carries a solid balance sheet with low overhead. Double digit ROA, plenty of cash reserve, great free cash flow, and no debt makes it very solid fundamental pick. There is also a 7% dividend payout. The history of dividends have been very consistent. Target & Tesco are most of their customer base...which pose some risk if one of them decided not to renew their contract. The company's growth is slow, however with recent drop in share price...there is room for quick capital gains and compounding dividend growth.

After a brief respite from the filings, it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin. But the proxy filed late Friday by clothing company Cherokee (CHKE), whose brands include Cherokee and Carole Little, immediately rose to the top. That’s because Chairman and CEO Robert Margolis managed to walk away with an $8 million bonus, which [...]

Cherokee Group Inc. (CHKE) sold off the uniform division back in 1995. Today that division is thriving as a private company called Strategic Partners. Get the scoop from Bill Bosch, VP Sales & Marketing on where they have taken the business.