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Tough Second Quarter Impacts Sales and Profits

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

During the second quarter of 2008, the first signs of the coming financial crisis were just beginning to be seen by retailers and vendors. Today, the outdoor industry is living in the reality of a market that is vastly different than it was 12 months ago.

NRF: Retail Sales Up for First Time in Six Months

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

Retail sales, excluding automobile sales, saw its first gain in six months, a sign consumers may be turning the corner, according to the National Retail Federation. Retail sales rose 0.7% in August over July, but fell 4.3% from the same month last year. T

DPMS Supports NRA Foundation Fundraising

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

DPMS Firearms, LLC announces its participation in the NRA Foundation's Vendor Direct Ordering Program. The program, designed to enhance the current fundraising efforts of local Friends of the NRA committees, provides firearms to the committees at a s

Pro Tools, J. Wayne Fears Form Partnership

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

Pro Tool Industries, Inc., Pottstown, Penn. maker of Woodman's Pal line of land clearing tools, has announced the formation of an exclusive branding agreement with author and outdoorsman J. Wayne Fears. Fears will write an extensive line of pocket r

NSSF Launches Campaign to Educate America About “Black Guns”

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has launched a national media campaign designed to correct widespread misperceptions among gun owners and non-gun owners about AR-15-style rifles, also known as modern sporting rifles, according to a recent release

SIA Releases Snow Sports Market Intelligence Report

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

SIA released the 2009 Snow Sports Market Intelligence Report, a topline review of the snow sports marketplace. The Report provides valuable insight into retail sales and participation trends, demographics for snow sports participants, analysis of the seas

Riddell Launches LightSpeed Should Pads

September 19, 2009 SGB Update

Riddell announced the launch of its Custom Power LightSpeed Shoulder Pads. The company said LightSpeed Shoulder Pads are up to 20% lighter than conventional offerings…

FINA Approves Swimskins for Open Water

September 18, 2009 SGB Update

FINA, swimming’s international governing body, said body suits will be allowed in open water events next year. Body suits have been outlawed for pool swimming, but FINA has confirmed that the same rules will not apply to open water swimming…

Fortune Brands Sees Some Stability in Golf Market

September 17, 2009 SGB Update

Fortune Brands, which owns Titleist, said its golf business outside the U.S. has grown 54% over the last five years as the sport has taken off globally with particular strength in Asia. In the U.S, Bruce Carbonari, Fortune Brands's president and CEO,

Sport Supply Named Equipment Supplier to Focused Fitness

September 17, 2009 SGB Update

Sport Supply Group, Inc. signed a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive equipment supplier to Focused Fitness, one of the Nation's suppliers of coordinated school health curricula for the in-school and after-school markets…

Jan Stig Andersen New CEO for MBT Group

September 17, 2009 SGB Update

MBT, the physiological footwear brand, has hired Jan Stig Andersen as its CEO. He most recently has served as CEO of the BTX Group A/S, one of Europe’s major textile fashion groups. Prior to that Jan Stig Andersen served as CEO of ECCO North America

Coalition Supports Conservation Funding at House Hearing

September 17, 2009 SGB Update

A broad coalition of national, state and local conservation and recreation organizations thanked House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall recently and urged Committee members to maintain full and permanent funding for land conservation and o