Category: Outdoor

Yakima Enters Distribution Agreement With QBP

January 24, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

Yakima has entered its first partnership with a U.S. distributor, Quality Bicycle Products (QBP), located in Bloomington, Minn. This partnership enables Yakima’s specialty retail accounts to order smaller product quantities and provide available product S

Fujikura Launches ‘Fit-On Academy’

January 24, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

Fujikura Composites of America has launched the Fit-On Academy, a research and development system designed to create and test new shaft designs and materials. Based at Fujikura’s Vista CA , the Fit-On Academy uses the most advanced analysis and simulation

REI Plans Kennesaw, GA Store

January 24, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

Recreational Equipment, Inc. plans to open a new 25,500 square foot store in Kennesaw, GA this spring. Kennesaw will be the fourth REI location in Georgia, helping to serve 17,000 active co-op members within 15 miles of the new store and more than 90,000

KangaROOS Names Canadian Licensee

January 23, 2008 SGB Update

KangaROOS signed a license and distribution agreement with Sports Odyssée Inc. for Canada. The brand recently appointed new partners in the USA as well…

Heelys Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Letter

January 23, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

Heelys, Inc. received a Nasdaq Staff deficiency letter on January 17, 2008 indicating that the company no longer complies with the Nasdaq audit committee requirement as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350, which requires a listed company to have an audit c

OIA and Outdoor Retailer Enter 15-Year Pact

January 23, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

Outdoor Industry Association and Nielsen Business Media (NBM), parent company of Outdoor Retailer, have entered a 15-year strategic alliance that will boost efforts to ensure the long term success and growth of the $289 billion outdoor industry. Outdoor R

prAna Introduces Independent Sales Reps

January 23, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

For the first time in 14 years, prAna is announcing a restructure of its sales team to include independent outside sales reps dedicated to serving 30 states in five regions. While new to prAna, these veteran industry professionals have years of experience

Puma Extends Ghana Football Association Deal

January 22, 2008 SGB Update

PUMA and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) entered a multi-year extension of their successful partnership through the 2014 FIFA World Cup. PUMA will be the Official Supplier of The Black Stars and all its associated teams including the Men’s ‘A’, ‘B’,

Gramicci Names Sales Director for Europe

January 22, 2008 SGB Update

Gramicci named Christian Vogel as sales director for Europe. Vogel, 30, has held similar sales positions in Europe with other leading suppliers of outdoor apparel and accessories, most recently as director of European sales for Easton-Bell Sports…

Brunswick Corp.’s Mackey to Retire

January 22, 2008 SGB Update

Brunswick Corporation announced that Patrick C. Mackey, 61, will retire from the company March 1 after more than seven years of service. Mackey is president of the Mercury Marine Group, chief operating officer of Brunswick's Marine businesses and a B

Texas’s Rooster Andrews Passes Away

January 22, 2008 SGB Update

William “Rooster” Andrews, owner of the popular sporting goods chain that bore his name in Texas, has passed away at the age of 84. His last store closed last year, but the chain once boasted four locations across Austin, annual sales of $5 million, and

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