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Brandblack Launches Campaign Starring Jamal Crawford

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive SGB Update

Brandblack, the recently introduced men's performance sportswear brand, announced the launch of a new global marketing campaign featuring recent NBA 6th Man award winner and face of the brand, Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers, titled FUTURE

Nike’s Sustainability Report Shows Environmental Impact Reductions

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive SGB Update

Nike Inc. released its FY12-13 Sustainable Business Performance Summary, which outlines the company's progress toward business, labor and environmental goals…

Darn Tough Vermont to Sponsor Special Olympics Team Vermont Members

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive

Darn Tough Vermont, American manufacturer of outdoor performance socks, will outfit all 50 members of Team Vermont for the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games as well as sponsor their transportation to the games, which will be held in New Jersey…

Zumiez Sees Robust April Sales

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive SGB Update

Zumiez Inc. announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended May 3 increased 17.6 percent to $50.6 million, compared to $43.0 million for the four-week period ended May 4. The company's comparable store sales increased 8.2 percent…

Harvard and Stanford Examine Nike’s Approach to Sustainability

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive

Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) recently published two separate case studies that examine the history of Nike, Inc.’s work to embed and scale sustainable innovation across the company and its contract

Nike Signs NFL Hopefuls

May 7, 2014 SGB Executive

With the NFL Draft's first found set for Thursday night, Nike revealed that it had signed a number of top prospects, including quarterbacks Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles, Derek Carr and Teddy Bridgewater…

Boathouse Sports Becomes Official Outfitter of Ivy Rugby Conference

May 7, 2014 SGB Update

Boathouse Sports announced a renewed agreement through 2017 as the official outfitter of the Ivy Rugby Conference. Ivy Rugby includes all eight rugby teams of the schools of the Ivy League: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and

BSN Acquires Alabama’s Olympia Sporting Goods

May 7, 2014 SGB Update

BSN Sports, the nation’s largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods to the school and league markets, has completed the acquisition of Olympia Sporting Goods Inc. of Montgomery, AL. Olympia, family owned and operated since 1973, is a

Adidas Group First Quarter Profit Tumbles

May 6, 2014 SGB Update

Adidas AG reported first-quarter profit decreased 34 percent from the prior year, as revenues declined, hit by adverse currency and weakness in the golf unit. Revenue at TaylorMade slumped 38 percent in the first quarter as a result of increased discounti