Category: Outdoor

Gander Mtn. to Expand Marine Offering

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Gander Mountain and Genmar Holdings announced an agreement to sell and rent several Genmar boat lines at Gander Mountain stores, expanding on Gander Mountain's existing assortment of canoes, kayaks and small fishing boats. Gander Mountain also announ

Mountain Khakis Taps Noah Robertson for Sales Director

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Mountain Khakis has hired Noah Robertson as Director of Sales. Most recently the National Sales Manager for the Mammut Sports Group USA Division, Robertson will create and oversee the sales initiatives for Mountain Khakis, as well as dedicate his experie

Margolis Lands at Limited as President of Apparel

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Former Reebok president and COO Jay Margolis will join Limited Brands, Inc. as Group President, Apparel. In this role, Mr. Margolis will provide oversight for Limited Brands' apparel divisions, Express and Limited Stores. Mr. Margolis will report to

GI Joe’s Extends Wells Fargo Revolver

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Norm Daniels, President and CEO of G.I. Joe's Sports and Auto Stores, announced the completion of a five-year extension of an existing agreement with Wells Fargo Retail Finance, Boston, MA, that will provide up to $42.5 million in revolving credit. T

Ashworth Delays Release of Fiscal 2004 10-K

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Ashworth, Inc. is filing a notification with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 12b-25 requesting an extension of time to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004. As indicated in the Form 12b-25, the Comp

Blacks Leisure Sees 6.2% Increase in Holicay Comps

January 18, 2005 SGB Update

Blacks Leisure, the retailer and wholesaler of outdoor and boardwear clothing, footwear and equipment, announces its trading performance over the Christmas and New Year period. Like-for-like retail sales in the eight weeks ended 15 January 2005 were 6.2%

Le Coq Sportif to Make Return to U.S. Market…

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

For those that wondered where Jon Epstein would surface again, their questions were answered last week as the former Fila and adidas executive officially announced the creation of Le Coq Sportif North America, an operating company set up to manage the Le

Thule Redesigns Thuleracks.com

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

Thule has launched a redesign of its award winning website thuleracks.com. The new site's design is based on the look of Thule's marketing materials and the results of a comprehensive usability study conducted by Adaptive Path of San Francisco,

Knight to Sell 5.7 million Nike Shares

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

Philip H. Knight, co-founder and Chairman of the Board, converted 5,700,000 shares of Nike Class A Common Stock on January 12, 2005 to the same number of shares of Class B stock. Knight also entered into a pre-arranged sales plan for the 5,700,000 million

Cloudveil Acquired by Fila Brand Parent…

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

Sport Brands International, the parent company to Fila footwear and apparel, finalized a deal with Cloudveil that has been several months in the making. Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc. is now a division of SBI with all Cloudveil management, customer servi

Lafuma Completes Broomfield Move…

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

Last month, BOSS reported that Lafuma N.A. was in the process of moving all operations to a new HQ in Broomfield, CO, and recently, the company announced that the move to the 15,000 square foot facility has been completed. According to the company, the ne

Vital Apparel Group Acquires ProMarX…

January 17, 2005 SGB Update

Vital Apparel Group has reached agreement to purchase the assets of ProMarX Specialties USA, a girls’ sports accessory company. The ProMarX accessory line will become Vital Accessories and be marketed along with the Vital Team girls’ and women’s apparel l

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