Tennis superstar Serena Williams has joined MISSION Skincare as a co-founder and partner of the athlete-engineered skincare product. Williams will join a list of co-founders that includes 2-time league MVP Steve Nash, 2-time gold medal soccer player Mia H
Category: Footwear
Report: VF Looking at DC Shoes
According to published reports, VF Corp. is rumored to be near a deal to acquire DC Shoes, a division of Quiksilver Inc. The Orange County Business Journal cited rumors that Quiksilver “could sell part or all of the company to a larger competitor are circ
Payless ShoeSource Earns PETA Award
Payless ShoeSource has won the Best New Shoe Line category in PETA's sixth annual Proggy Awards for creating the “first-ever affordable green footwear line” that doesn't contain any leather. Payless will receive a framed certificate and will be
Callaway Golf FY08 Earnings Rises 6%
Callaway Golf Company announced that, based on current information, net sales for 2008 are expected to slip 0.7% to $1.117 billion from $1.125 billion in 2007. Consistent with recent earnings guidance, pro forma diluted earnings per share for 2008 are es
Escalade Renegotiating Bank Line After Default
Escalade Inc. said that it had received a letter from a lender, saying it was in default on its credit agreement, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The filing said that the company and the lender, JPMorgan Chase, are “undert
Oboz Hires New Rockies Reps
Oboz footwear has tapped Eric Miller and Megan Chain of The Raven Workshop to drive sales in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Miller and Chain also represent Ibex, Westcomb, and Dakine…
REI Becomes Bluesign Member
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) announced its membership with bluesign technologies ag, allowing the company to use the bluesign independent standard as part of its product design and sourcing process. The retailers called the standard “an important st
The Apparel Group Selects CenterStone’s iVendix
CenterStone Technologies, Inc. announced that The Apparel Group has selected the company’s iVendix software application to launch in 2009. When it is “live” later in 2009, iVendix will provide the Enro and Foxcroft brands of The Apparel Group with a busi
Morale at SHOT Show Upbeat as Shooting Sports Market Bucks Industry Trends
The atmosphere was assured and electric at the 2009 SHOT Show in Orlando as a seemingly unending amount of exhibitors packed into the cavernous Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando, FL as one of the few growing market segments in the sporting goods
SGB Question Asks: ‘What Happens When Industry Brands Go to Mass?”
The SGB Question for January explored the overall effect the sale of sporting goods brands to club/discount/mass is having on the industry. Many of the industry's core brands can be increasingly found at Costco, Wal-Mart, Target, Meijer, T.J. Maxx, a
Industry Companies Give a Peek Under The Tent
Industry companies hit the road last week in hopes of drumming up some new investment dollars during a time of difficult trading conditions. The two big conferences for the active sports lifestyle market were the ICR Xchange Conference in Dana Point, CA a
Forzani Sees Flat Holiday Sales
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported total sales for the ten weeks ended Jan. 11 were flat to the prior year. On a same-store basis, total retail system sales were down 1.8%, although sales were stronger in the week before and the week after Christmas…
Sport Chalet Amends Credit Line
On January 9, Sport Chalet Inc. amended its credit agreement with lenders led by Bank of America to loosen its terms, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The filing noted that as of December 31, an event of default had occurre
OIF: Participation Up, But Youth Interest Dropping
In the 2008 Outdoor Recreation Participation Report, the Outdoor Foundation found that while overall participation in outdoor recreation among Americans is increasing, the connection to nature among youth is declining…
Congress Moves on Trade Action
Congress has been back in session for little more than a week and already trade issues are taking center stage. Last week, Reps. Charles Rangel, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sander Levin, Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee
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