Author: Charlie Lunan

NICA Ramps up Training for High School MTB Coaches

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) expects to triple the number of high school mountain bike coaches it has licensed in 2012 by working with people who want to start independent clubs outside the six states where it has sanctioned lea

Columbia Buys Building to House Canadian Headquarters

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

Columbia Sportswear Co. confirmed it is buying a building in London, Ontario to house a new Canadian headquarters in a signal of renewed commitment to the Great White North, where its sales are already about 20 percent higher per capita than in the United

Patagonia Register As Benefits Corporation

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

Patagonia became the first company in California to elect benefit corporation status, an increasingly population form on incorporation with socially conscious businesses. Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard led a dozen businesseson Tuesday, which marked the

Exxel Outdoors Gets Reprieve from Bangladeshi Imports

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

The Obama Administration ruled that certain non-down sleeping bags should be removed from eligibility for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) because of complaints from U.S.-based Exxel Outdoors, which makes sleeping bags

Snow Shortfall Cuts into Sales at Vail Resorts

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

Vail Resorts, Inc. rental/retail sales slipped 0.7 percent as its skier visits dropped 15.3 percent during the holiday period ended Jan. 2, 2012, as many of its six western resorts experience the warmest and driest winter in decades. Still, the company di

Level Now Working Directly with U.S. Sales Rep

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

Level said it is now working directly with a U.S. rep to service U.S. dealers in an arrangement that will provide retail margins of up to 60 percent on its premium gloves. The Italian company specializes in gloves for snowboarders but also offers a line o

RECALL: 30,400 Kids Helmets Fail CPSC Safety Test

January 7, 2012 SGB Update

Triple Eight Distribution, Inc., of Port Washington, NY is voluntarily recalling about 30,400 bicycle helmets for children and youth because product testing demonstrated that they do not comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards for

Blacks Leisure Expects to Announce Buyers Soon

January 6, 2012 SGB Update

Blacks Leisure expects to announce a sale of substantially all of its stores, assets and brands within the next few days. The UK company confirmed that some of the investors bidding on its assets have offered to acquire substantially all its assets, which

Jakson Kayak Names McBeath as Director of Marketing

January 6, 2012 SGB Update

Jackson Kayak has named James McBeath, who co-founded World Kayak with Eric Jackson, as its new director of marketing. A former software entrepreneur, McBeath is also a co-founder of Breathe Productions, Liquid Skills Kayak School and Kayak Futaleu and w

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