Fox Factory Sees Q4 Sales Dip In Specialty Sports Group Segment

Fox Factory Holding Corp. reported sales grew 19.4 percent in the fourth quarter ended December 30 as a gain of a 38.5 percent increase in its Powered Vehicles Group segment offset a 1.9 percent decrease in sales in Specialty Sports Group bicycle components segment. The weakness in the Specialty Sports Group was attributed to a return to seasonality.

NSGA Hall of Famer, Augie Nieto, Passes Away

Augie Nieto was one of the most successful innovators in the fitness industry who turned his efforts toward finding a cure for ALS after he was diagnosed with the disease 18 years ago. Nieto, a 2008 Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on February 22.

Steve Madden Posts Sharp Drop In Q4 Wholesale Revenues

Steve Madden’s fourth quarter 2022 revenue decreased 18.6 percent to $470.6 million in the period ended December 31, compared to $578.5 million in the prior-year comparable period. Revenue for the wholesale business was $308.8 million, a 24.8 percent decrease.

Bajío Sunglasses Bolsters Spring 2023 Collection With Eco-Conscious Frames

Bajío Sunglasses, maker of blue-light filtering, sustainably-made sunglasses manufactured to save the world’s saltwater flats and estuaries, added Stiltsville to its spring 2023 collection.  Named after the ruins of prohibition-era social clubs in Biscayne Bay, Stiltsville is the newest in Bajio’s Tight Lines family of frames. Bajío sunglasses feature proprietary Lapis lens technology. Stiltsville is a full-wrap […]

Skratch Labs Adds New Flavor Of Sport Crispy Rice Cake

Skratch Labs added a new flavor to its Crispy Sport Rice Cake Sport Fuel product line—Salted Maple + Mallow. The product provides “real food energy” powered by crispy rice made with brown rice, wild rice, red rice, and quinoa with 20g of complex carbs. The blend of complex and simple carbohydrates provides 180 calories of […]