Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Sport Brands International, the parent company to Fila, finalized a deal with outdoor apparel-maker Cloudveil that has been several months in the making. Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc. is now a division of SBI with all Cloudveil management, customer serv (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Each month, Sports Executive Weekly goes One-On-One with a key executive that is seen as a driving force for the future on the sporting goods, athletic footwear and/or athletic apparel markets. This month we sat down with Jim Weber, president and CEO of B (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Trade, Uncategorized, Update
A U.S. Commerce Department report of December retail sales in the GAFS category, which includes most general merchandise categories, jumped 6.4% over the previous year. Combined, November and December brought holiday sales growth to 5.7%, the strongest gr (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Financial, Uncategorized, Update
Sport Brands International, the parent company to Fila footwear and apparel, finalized a deal with Cloudveil that has been several months in the making. Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc. is now a division of SBI with all Cloudveil management, customer servi (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Rick Mina solidified his senior team last week at Foot Locker USA, as the president and CEO of the company’s domestic Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker and Champs business appoints Nick Grayston president and CEO of the Foot Locker U.S. division and Keith Dal (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Hi-Tec Sports USA has reported their best year in over 10 years in the U.S. market, with 16.8% growth for the company as a whole, from $39.7 million in 2003 to $46.4 million this year. The company’s outdoor division posted 15.2% sales growth for the year (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 17, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
The confluence of a seemingly rough retail environment due to unseasonal weather patterns, pending Q4 earnings reports, and a number of investor conferences led to a number of earnings warnings, affirmations, and even some upward guidance last week. In c (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 13, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
Collegiate Pacific has launched Road Sales Teams in three new major markets: Cincinnati, the Washington D.C. vicinity, and a formerly untapped portion of North Carolina. The company expects the 10 new road sales professionals to generate approximately $5, (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 13, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Mizuno USA, Inc. posted a record setting year in sales revenue and profit, with a 12% increase over previous year’s sales. This is the fifth consecutive year of revenue and earnings growth for the company. Since 1999, the sporting goods manufacturer has (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 13, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
Ron Mount and his firm, The Mounties Corporation, will represent LOTTO in the Northwest Territory, Canada. (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 13, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
Under Armour seeks a Retail Marketing Manager with 5 or more years of related experience. The Retail Marketing Manager will act as a liaison between the Marketing Department and both the Sales and Apparel Departments, and manage the marketing in ma (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 13, 2005 | Apparel, Apparel Supplier, Apparel Vendor, Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Sportsman Supplier, Sportsman Vendor, Sportsmans, Update
Under Armour seeks a Merchandising Manager with 5 or more years of merchandising experience. The Merchandising Manager will provide Merchandising strategy, fixtures, POP and overall policy for the company and for Under Armour retailers... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
The French apparel company, Eider is stepping up their focus on the U.S. market through several initiatives launched by their North American distributor, Eider N.A., owned by Gene Frederick, the company’s president. Eider N.A. has hired True North Brand g (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
The National Sporting Goods Association last week previewed some of the data from its annual report due out in May. One element of The Sporting Goods Market in the 2005 report, which was prepared by Irwin Broh & Associates, reveals that the average retai (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Update
The entire snowboard industry is riding an electronics wave recently, culminating with this week’s announcement that Burton and Motorola have inked a deal to produce an iPod/Cell phone enabled jacket, helmet, and beanie which incorporate Bluetooth technol (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Norco Products Ltd, announced voluntary recalls of the Adams Trail-a-Bike or Adams Slipstream Bicycle Attachment. The Starter, Folder, Shifter, Shocker, Ultimate Tandem, Deluxe Folder, Me 2 (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
December retail, and the Holiday season in general, was seen as a “mixed bag” by analysts looking for some rhyme or reason behind the numbers that saw retail results all over the place this year. One thing is sure, if you had your own Internet business, (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
With warmer weather putting pressure on apparel and boot sales in December, U.S. retail executives apparently pulled the trigger on pricing to generate lagging Holiday sales this year. After winning the waiting game for consumer dollars last year, U.S. r (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
The Finish Line mitigated any concerns over their Q3 earnings shortfall against analysts’ estimates as management painted a rosier picture for the fourth quarter and the year, raising guidance for Q4 on a strong start in December... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
Outdoor Retailer is returning to the Brighton backcountry for the second annual Backcountry Base Camp, and the event should be even more successful than last year. According to OR, there are currently over 50 brands registered to exhibit at the BBC compar (Read More)
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