For the second year, New Balance will team up with O, The Oprah magazine in sponsoring the publication's “Live Your Best Life Tour.” The Tour enables New Balance to reach a core demographic of female walking shoe consumers and allows NB to ta
Author: Teresa Hartford
Teresa Hartford
Editorial & Creative Director | SGB Media
teresa@sgbonline.com | 704.651.5741
Asics GEL-Trail Attack Wins ‘Best Debut’
In the April issue of Runner’s World®, the ASICS® GEL-Trail Attack™ running shoe was awarded “Best Debut” in the magazine’s annual trail running shoe review. The GEL-Trail Attack is a lightweight, trail running shoe aimed at performance-orientated trail r
Saucony Wins Two Awards From SHAPE Magazine
Saucony, Inc. announced that both the Grid Shadow 9 and the Grid Kineta Walk have been named a “best” by SHAPE in the magazine’s 2005 Spring Shoe Review. In the review, SHAPE named the Grid Shadow 9 as “Best Value” in the running category and the Grid Kin
Retail Ventures Posts Disappointing Preliminary Numbers
Retail Ventures, Inc. has increased the ceiling under its revolving credit facility to $425 million. The company also posted preliminary, unaudited consolidated financial results for the quarter and year ended January 29, 2005. The quarter saw a net loss
WSA February Show Increases Attendance by 30%
The World Shoe Association captured 33,286 registered participants at its February 2005 event, which is a 30% increase over the February 2004 event. New buyer attendance reached a record 7,126 at the show in February — more than twice the average of the
February Retail Sales Up 4.4% According to NRF
Retail sales continued to grow last month during a typically slow selling season. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail industry sales for February rose a solid 4.4% over last year and increased 0.3% seasonally adjusted over January. N
CenterStone Technologies Adds Malone Auto Racks to Client List
CenterStone Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of Malone Auto Racks on the company’s online sales order management software application. The CenterStone Technologies sales order management system will provide Malone dealers with a 24/7 access w
Survey Finds 70% of Large Retailers to Implement RFID in Next 18 Months
According to the international survey entitled ‘RFID: How Far, How Fast: The State of RFID,’ small- to mid-sized retailers from Europe and across the globe are in various stages of exploring potential RFID investments. With many of the survey respondents
Golf and Tennis Pro Shop to Open Roswell, GA Store
Golf & Tennis Pro Shop, Inc. has announced that it will open its first Atlanta-area PGA TOUR Superstore with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the store on March 17 at 9 a.m. The approximately 65,000 square-foot store is located on Holcomb Woods Parkway in
Three Sales and Marketing Promotions at AND 1
Seth Berger, CEO of basketball footwear and apparel company AND 1, announced three promotions at the company headquarters. Justin Cupps has been appointed Vice President of Sales, Mark Lange has been named Global Retail Marketing Manager and John Pierce
Sporting Goods Retail is a Tale of Two Cities…
If the news last week about the pending merger between May Company and Federated tells us anything it is that retail consolidation is probably far from over. Sports Executive Weekly wonders if the two largest department stores in the country can merge, w
Dick’s Sporting Goods Moves Full Steam Ahead on Galyan’s Integration…
Dick’s Sporting Goods reported that net income for the fourth quarter ended January 29 increased 12.1% to $39.9 million, or 75 cents per share, compared to pro forma net income of $35.6 million, or 69 cents per diluted share, for the year-ago period. Pro
Hibbett Posts First Nine-Figure Quarter…
Hibbett Sporting Goods is also a shining star on the operations front, with store opening expenses figures down to the penny – not just pennies per share — and operational efficiencies that will enable them to service 800 to 1,000 stores from their DC in
The Sports Authority Continues to Struggle with Consolidation of Retail Brands…
The Sports Authority is still finding it difficult to mesh the various retail brands under the umbrella created more than 18 months ago when the old TSA was acquired by Gart Sports, joining that retail brand along with its Oshman’s and Sportmart nameplate
Gander Mountain May Be Starting to Compete with Itself…
Gander Mountain’s fourth quarter was hurt by the abnormally warm weather experienced by much of the country, some unforeseen cannibalization, and an inability to forecast accurate growth rates among its rapidly growing base of large-format retail stores.
SGB Today
Active Lifestyle Market Product and Brand Marketing Stories from SGB PRO PR and SGB Premium PR Partners
Post your Product or Marketing News in the SGB PR Portal