Katadyn Group Hires Five U.S. Sales Agencies with Focus on Specialty Retailers

Katadyn Group has hired five sales agencies to cover the specialty outdoor retailers in the Northeast, Central, Rockies, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The agencies are as follows: Northeast: Velocity Sales Management, Michael Schmidt and Bill Bruzzese Central: Palisade Trading, Luke Olson and Ben Boynton Rockies: Alpin Sales, Mark Vaughn, Meg Fogg, James […]

Kelty Engages ORO Sales Group

Kelty hired On the Road and Off (ORO), a Southeast sales and marketing group, to grow sales for the brand’s camping, backpacking and lifestyle gear in the Southeast U.S.

Columbia Sportswear Cuts Full-Year Guidance On U.S. Weakness

Columbia Sportswear Co. reported second-quarter earnings and sales that topped Wall Street expectations, but lowered its outlook for the year as continued weakness in its U.S. offset strength overseas, including China. The company said it was undertaking expense reduction efforts to manage “near-term uncertainty.”

Big 5 Sees Q2 Same-Store Sales Decline 12 Percent

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. posted a slight loss in the second quarter ended July 2 as same-store sales dropped a worse-than-expected 12 percent due to cool weather impacting early spring selling. The California-based sporting goods chain generated positive EBITDA and earnings results were above the midpoint of its guidance range.