The company has appointed Nadene Wisely as SVP of merchandising, design and development, and Sean Fleuriau as senior director of specialty sales for North America.
Category: Outdoor
Kent Outdoors Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Nate Romney is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience leading finance, accounting and operations departments and has a history of creating high valuation and building scalable processes and corporate structure.
Boa and 5.11 Parent Compass Diversified Starts Year with Board Shuffle
Gordon M. Burns will not be standing for re-election at the company’s 2025 annual shareholders meeting due to other commitments. Nancy B. Mahon has been appointed chair of the Board’s Nominating Committee, replacing Mr. Burns.
Report: Holiday Retail Return Rate Jumps 28 Percent as U.S. Sales Reach $282B
Salesforce is reporting that the data in its system shows that holiday retail sales surged to a record $1.2 trillion globally and $282 billion in the United States, but high returns could dampen retailer overall profit margins.
EXEC: SGB 2025 Look Ahead with Active Lifestyle Market Leaders
Leaders in the active lifestyle space expressed cautious optimism about 2025 with inflationary pressures easing, supply chains largely normalized and generally healthy interest in sports. Insights from Academy Sports, Brooks Running, Rawlings, Fleet Feet, Selkirk Sport and others.
Lazydays Holdings Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
New CFO Jeff Needles is a Certified Public Accountant, holds an MBA from Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Saint Louis University, John Cook School of Business.
Camelbak, Bell/Giro Parent Revelyst Completes Sale to Financial Firm
The parent of Foresight Sports, Bushnell Golf, Fox, Bell, Giro, CamelBak, Bushnell, Simms Fishing was acquired by SVP in an all-cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion.
EXEC: SGB 2025 Look Ahead with Trade Association Leaders
Trade associations representing the active lifestyle space shared their concerns with SGB Executive regarding potential tariffs, supply chain disruptions and the likelihood of an unstable economy in 2025. However, they were generally upbeat about the year ahead.
EXEC: SGB 2025 Outdoor Market Leaders Look Ahead
Leaders and innovators in the outdoor active lifestyle space see 2025 as a potential recovery year as a lengthy destocking process has finally rebalanced inventories across most categories. Insights from Grassroots Outdoor Alliance, Outdoor Retailer, Gregory, Mammut, Lycra, Farm to Feet, Next Adventure, Nemo, Circana and others…
SGB 2024 Year in Review: Outdoor Market Top 25 Most Read News
The SGB Outdoor segment has a clear red line of store closures, bankruptcies, layoffs, the unraveling of one of the market’s largest brand consolidators in the space, and the continued issues plaguing the market’s largest specialty retailer.
SGB 2024 Year in Review: Most Read Outdoor Press Releases
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EXEC: SGB 2024 Year in Review Wrap Up
If you are just back from two weeks in Fiji, never fear as SGB Media has you covered on the people, brands and issues that made 2024 a year to forget for many retailers and brands in the active lifestyle space.
Midwest Outdoor and Winter Sports Rep Associations Merge
Midwest Winter Sports Reps Association (MWSRA) and Outdoor Reps Association (ORA) have merged to form Midwest Professional Reps Organization, or M-Pro. The merger was effective on January 1.
EXEC: Jens Ansø Parting Ways With GiantMouse to Focus on Ansø of Denmark
Effective immediately, GiantMouse Co-Founder Jens Ansø will step back from the knife company to dedicate more time to his Ansø of Denmark brand.
SGB 2024 Year in Review: Active Lifestyle Stocks Under Pressure Again in 2024
For the third consecutive year, stocks in the active lifestyle market were impacted by inflation woes, tepid consumer spending and the larger public companies, including Nike, Lululemon, Columbia Sportswear and Topgolf Callaway Brands, all lost sales momentum.
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