You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby…
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)
Author: Teresa Hartford
Oh, Those Election Year Politics…
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)
Quiksilver Eyes Rossignol…
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)
OIA Takes Lead in Disaster Relief Effort…
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)
Consolidation Again King in a Maturing Market…
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)
Industry Again Outpaces Market…
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)
The Just for Feet Effect…
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)
BOSS Wraps Its First Year…And It Wasn’t Boring…
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)
Changing of the Guard…
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)
Consolidation Reigns with Vendors and at Retail…
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)
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