Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 10, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
The Finish Line announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of The Hang Up Shoppes, Inc., for $12 million in cash plus a potential earnout of up to $6 million in cash. The Hang Up Shoppes does busines (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 5, 2005 | Apparel, Apparel People, Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
Federated Department Stores, Inc. reported total sales of $5.708 billion for December, an increase of 99.9% compared to total sales of $2.856 billion in the same period last year when including the acquired May Company stores. On a same-store basis, Feder (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 4, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Update
In preparation for the fall/winter 2006 selling season, Kayland has added two new sales reps to its US sales team. Gary Bryden will represent Kayland in the Northwest, while Brad Eckert will handle sales in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 4, 2005 | Outdoor, Uncategorized, Update
West Marine, Inc. reported that net sales for the for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005 were $124.8 million, a 5.7% increase from net sales of $118.1 million last year. Comparable store sales for the quarter increased 3.9%, compared to a comparab (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
Sourcing operations at Nike and Reebok International could be disrupted if the devastating tsunamis that hit southern Asia affect their suppliers in the region, Prudential Equity Group said last week... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Uncategorized, Update
The ads from the 70’s are but a distant memory now as women take a spot front and center for many companies’ growth prospects for the new millennium... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Uncategorized, Update
The political scene in the Bicycle, Outdoor, and SnowSports industries has never been more polarized with strong and conflicting opinions expressed, sometimes violently, from left and right wing advocates... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Uncategorized, Update
Skis Rossignol shares jumped early on Monday after a French newspaper reported that Quiksilver Inc. was making a bid for the company... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
Frank Hugelmeyer has again driven OIA to pick up a ball dropped by other sporting goods industry associations and led an industry-wide fund raising campaign for the victims of the tsunami that devastated so many countries around the Indian Ocean... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
At first glance the merger and acquisition deals in 2004 did not appear to be as large or as plentiful as in 2003, but it soon becomes apparent that the deals this past year may turn out to be more significant in the long run... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
SEW has been using the S&P 500 index since 2000 as a baseline to measure performance in the sporting goods industry versus the rest of the public market. Since that time, we have seen the S&P both fall sharply and regain momentum, but the sporting goods (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
The fallout from the implosion and alleged management improprieties resulted in a number of highly visible industry executives sentenced for charges related to an alleged scheme to inflate sales and earnings figures.. (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Supplier, Outdoor Vendor, Uncategorized, Update
The outdoor and winter sports segments of the sporting goods industry were the pretty girl at the dance in 2004 as private equity firms hovered at trade shows looking for the next opportunity to get into a business that to most internal observers looked l (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor Product, Uncategorized, Update
It was a tale of two cities in the fourth quarter as Phil Knight, the founder, chairman, president and CEO of Nike, Inc. announced in December that he was stepping down from the president & CEO role and handing the reins of the company to an outsider... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Update
The year again saw two companies emerge as central platforms in the outdoor and winter sports space, joining the ranks of powerhouse brands like Columbia, Timberland, and Salomon in size and importance... (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Uncategorized, Update
The year saw the landscape of sporting goods retail shift dramatically in 2004 as the industry gained its second legitimate national sporting goods retailer after Dick’s acquired Galyan’s. (Read More)
Posted by Teresa Hartford | January 3, 2005 | Outdoor, Outdoor People, Uncategorized, Update
The year saw the landscape of sporting goods retail shift dramatically as the industry gained its second legitimate national sporting goods retailer after Dick’s acquired Galyan’s. As they go head-to-head with The Sports Authority in more regions of the (Read More)
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