Author: SGB Media

“Tis the season for investor conferences as analysts look for something, anything, that will give them an edge as most industry vendors close their calendar year and retailers finish up their 2003 sales cycle. The last week saw the Super Show Financial D

Johnson Outdoors has been awarded a five-year contract for the Expanded Soldier Crew Tent (ESCT) by the U.S. military. The new government contract calls for annual orders of the seven-man all-weather tent, which provides billeting for combat vehicle crew

K2 Inc. announced plans to discontinue manufacturing and distributing snowshoes from its Grand Junction, Colorado facility effective end of March, 2004. This facility is one of two U.S. plants that manufactures and distributes snowshoes for the recently a

Head announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary HTM Sport- und Freizeitgerte intends to offer unsecured senior notes guaranteed by Head N.V. and certain of its subsidiaries. The final size of the transaction, which will be determined at the time of pricin

Head anounced preliminary, unaudited financial information for the consolidated Head group for the two-month period ended November 30, 2003 indicated that the group had revenues of $115.5 million compared to $99.9 million for the comparable 2002 period…

SnowSports Industries America has hired Terry Larson to the position of Rocky Mountain sales and marketing manager. Larson will be responsible for servicing the sales and marketing needs of SIA members in the Rockies…

Backed by consumer demand for light-weight, gourmet meals, Backpacker’s Pantry has recently finalized a deal with Mountain Equipment Co-Op(MEC) to significantly ramp-up its presence in the Canadian-based outdoor stores. Consumer interest for a higher stan

In an effort to further enhance its international reach and customer service, Interbike is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Uwe Weissflog and his agency, called inMotion mar.com, as its new European sales representative…