Author: Teresa Hartford

Teresa Hartford
Editorial & Creative Director | SGB Media
teresa@sgbonline.com | 704.651.5741

NGF: More Courses Close Than Open in 2006

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

The National Golf Foundation reports that there was negative net growth in golf facilities in 2006 for the first time in six decades. According to the NGF 146 18-hole equivalent courses closed during the year, well above the 119.5 courses that opened. The

SIA.07 Shrugs Off Weather to Host Upbeat Show…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

With frighteningly warm weather impacting the entire east coast and a very late start to the season in California, SIA.07 could have been a depressing event. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Vendors, one after another, expressed their sur

ASR Show Sees Urban Offset Mountain…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

This show was not as well attended as in previous years. There however does not seem to be a slowdown in business in the Skate/Surf space. The overlap of the SIA.07 show and the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market likely pulled winter sports merchants elsewher

Head NV Sees Regional Shift in Wintersports Growth…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

Despite a slowdown in sporting equipment sales, Head NV said that customer loyalty has enabled them to drive growth.
Head reported increases in all its product groups with a total of 601,000 pairs of alpine skis sold in 2006, up 5% on 2005; a 4% increase

Black Diamond Wins REI Vendor of the Year…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

During an awards ceremony at the 2007 OR Winter Market, REI honored Black Diamond as their 2007 Vendor of the Year, citing the company’s innovation in new climbing equipment testing standards as well as their products. The camp/travel division winner was

SIA.07 Show Sees Resilient Energy…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

With frighteningly warm weather impacting the entire east coast and a very late start to the season in California, SIA.07 could have been a depressing event, but the market in attendance appeared to shrug off the issue and drive pretty positive energy on

Commodity Prices Hurt Unifi’s Q2

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

Unifi experienced a significant decline in commodity-based, partially oriented yarn (POY) during the company’s fiscal second quarter, which ended in December. These lower volumes in September and October were caused by higher commodity prices, which slowe

Black Diamond Wins REI Vendor of the Year…

January 29, 2007 SGB Update

During an awards ceremony at the 2007 OR Winter Market, REI honored Black Diamond as their 2007 Vendor of the Year, citing the company’s innovation in new climbing equipment testing standards as well as their products. The annual awards program, establish

Mooers to Step Down from OllyDog Post

January 27, 2007 SGB Update

Following the sale of his controlling interest in the company, Mike Mooers, founder and president of OllyDog, will step down and assume a less active role. Current Vice President, Trudy Hutton, will become the new president. The change will be in effect b

Johnson Outdoors Sees Q1 Loss Widen Sharply

January 26, 2007 SGB Update

Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a 1% decrease in net sales for the fiscal first quarter to $71.7 million from $72.6 million in the prior year quarter. The company's net loss widened for the quarter to $2.1 million or 23 cents per diluted share from a

Acushnet Brands Shrink Quarterly Loss in Q4

January 26, 2007 SGB Update

For the fourth quarter, Fortune Brands, Inc. saw net sales increase 16.2% to $2.28 billion from $1.96 billion last year. Sales in the company's golf division increase 7.9% to $271.6 million from $201.6 million during the year-ago quarter. Operating l

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