Category: Outdoor

Sports Authority Announces 60th Annual Sniagrab Sales Event

August 25, 2014 SGB Update

Sports Authority announced the kickoff of its 60th annual Sniagrab sales event beginning this Saturday, Aug. 30 at select stores throughout Colorado and Utah. The program offers customers the chance to save 40–90 percent off original prices on previous y

Schutt Sports Bolsters Canadian Market Expansion

August 25, 2014 SGB Update

Schutt Sports is moving forward with its expansion plans in Canada, naming Big Kahuna Sports Company as its exclusive distributor in the country. With headquarters in Surrey, British Columbia, Big Kahuna has locations throughout Canada…

Escalade to Focus Solely on Sporting Goods

August 25, 2014 SGB Update

Escalade, Incorporated announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to focus the company on the Sporting Goods segment. The company conducted a careful evaluation of each business unit with the objective of increasing shareholder

National Park Service Celebrates 98th Birthday

August 25, 2014 SGB Update

On Aug. 25, the National Park Service celebrated its 98th birthday and, along with the National Park Foundation, began the countdown to its 100th anniversary in 2016 with an entrance fee-free day at all national parks, a host of exciting events across the

Foot Locker’s Q2 Rides B-Ball’s Comeback

August 23, 2014 SGB Executive SGB Update

With a big assist from the sizzling basketball footwear category, Foot Locker Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that handily exceeded Wall Street estimates, helping push the company’s shares past an all-time high. Besides benefiting from its pos

Foot Locker’s Q2 Earnings Soar on 7 Percent Comp Gain

August 22, 2014 SGB Update

Foot Locker, Inc. reported net income for the company's second quarter ended Aug. 2 jumped 43 percent to $92 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with net income of $66 million, or 44 cents, last year. Second quarter comparable store sales increa

Confluence Outdoor Grows its Sales Team

August 22, 2014 SGB Update

Confluence Outdoor has hired new sales representatives Andrew Miller and John Jameson to cover the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast and the Gulf Coast regions and promoted longtime sales representative Matt Yablonowski to key account representative in the Central

Vestis Retail Group Completes Sport Chalet Acquisition

August 22, 2014 SGB Update

Vestis Retail Group, owned by funds advised by Versa Capital Management and the owner of Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS), completed the acquisition of Sport Chalet, the full-service specialty sporting goods retailer with 50 stores in t

Back-to-School Gets Later Start

August 21, 2014 SGB Update

Recognizing that a number of the best deals of the summer are still to come, some families have only scratched the surface of their back-to-school shopping lists as of mid-August. According to NRF’s latest Back-to-School/College Surveys, the average

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