Author: SGB Media

Black Diamond Adds Three to Team

July 31, 2006 SGB Update

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. hired Adam Chamberlain as Marketing Brand Manager, Nathan Kuder as Softgoods Category Manager and Steve Kropf as the Rockies region Sales Representative for its Ski and Mountain lines…

Obituary: Bill Meistrell

July 31, 2006 SGB Update

Bill Meistrell, his brother Bob, and partner Morgan, are best known for inventing (in 1953) the first practical wetsuit, which revolutionized surfing and diving. Bill came up with the phrase “fits like a glove” and Body Glove was born. Bill was a pioneeri

Vail Resorts Becomes 2nd Largest Wind Power Customer

July 31, 2006 SGB Executive

Vail Resorts Inc. will offset 100% of its energy use by purchasing nearly 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy for its five mountain resorts, its lodging properties including RockResorts and Grand Teton Lodge Company, all of its 125 retail locations – op

Crocs Inks Licensing Deal with Disney

July 31, 2006 SGB Executive

Crocs, Inc. will introduce a limited edition line of footwear featuring some of Disney's most popular characters. The new line, which will be called “Disney by CROCS(TM),” will be available at select U.S. retail locations prior to the 2006 Holiday se

K-Swiss Earning Climb 21% on 2% Revenue Decline

July 27, 2006 SGB Executive

K-Swiss brand revenues decreased to $121.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006 from $124.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005, a decrease of 2.2%. Net earnings increased 21.3% to $20,334,000, or 58 cents per diluted share, for t

Jarden Sales and Earnings Climb in Q2

July 27, 2006 SGB Executive SGB Update

Jarden Corporation second quarter net sales increased 28% to $962 million compared to $754 million for the same period in the previous year. Net income was $13.3 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, compared to $5.7

Kelty Hires Mason as Marketing Manager

July 27, 2006 SGB Update

Kelty concluded their national search for a marketing manager this week, announcing the hire of Christian Mason to fill the essential slot on the Kelty team, beginning on August 1, 2006. Mason was formerly the director of product development at Mountainsm

Rocky Cuts Guidance on 12.5% Q2 Sales Decline

July 27, 2006 SGB Update

Rocky Brands, Inc. second quarter net sales decreased 12.5% to $57.3 million compared to $65.5 million for the corresponding period a year ago. The second quarter of 2005 included approximately $5.8 million of footwear sales to the military compared to ze

Columbia’s Q2 Income Falls on 13% Sales Increase

July 27, 2006 SGB Update

Columbia Sportswear Company second quarter net sales were $211.6 million, an increase of 13.6% over net sales of $186.2 million for the same period of 2005. Net income decreased 23.8% to $4.8 million for the second quarter of 2006 from $6.3 million for th

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