Author: Teresa Hartford

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

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..

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.

We’ve all had to become better business people as the sporting goods industry matures to the point that we now experience the same market forces that have affected other fast-growing industries over the last two decades…