Footwear manufacturer Evolv Sports announced the addition of Hans Schneider and Schneider Sales Associates as reps in the Northeast…
Category: Outdoor
Sport Chalet Turns to Vendor Drop Shipping to Expand Online Offering
Sport Chalet, Inc. has expanded its online offering of bikes, fitness equipment, and snow sports apparel and hardgoods for seamless fulfillment by vendors. By taking advantage of vendors' increasing ability to drop ship, Sports Chalet will be able to
Volcom Launches First Closed-Toe Collection
Volcom announced they will debut their first ever closed-toe footwear collection after twenty-two years. Following the acquisition of the Volcom brand in 2011 by PPR…
Liberty Interative Reports Rising Paid Search, Markdowns Hurt Q4 E-commerce Income
Liberty Interactive Group’s e-commerce businesses, which include controlling interests in Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, reported a big drop in income in the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. Although fourth quarter revenues grew 5 percen
Converse Rubber Tracks Experience Returns To Austin
Converse Inc. announced the Converse Rubber Tracks experience will return to Austin, TX for the 2013 SXSW Music and Media Conference…
Zoot Sports to Sponsor Boulder Coaching
Zoot Sports signed a two-year partnership as the official apparel and running shoe sponsor for Boulder Coaching. The Colorado-based company works to develop individualized training programs…
Worldwide Concludes Successful Spring 2013 Trade Show
Worldwide, the member-owned buying group for independent retailers, based in Kent, Washington, has just concluded their Spring 2013 Trade Show held in Reno, NV with a record number of members and vendors in attendance…
SIA Names Retailers and Reps of the Year for 2012
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) honored 13 retailers and 15 regional sales reps from the United States and Canada with 2012 SnowSports Retailer of the Year Awards and 2012 SnowSports Rep of the Year Awards for consistently making a significant impact
Big Shot Bikes Signs Distributor for Balkans
Big Shot Bikes of Fort Collins, CO announced a distribution deal with Bieler Trading LTD to sell its products in the Balkans region with its nearly 25 million potential customers. While Big Shot specializes in selling customized bikes via the Internet in
Big 5 Returns to Profitability in Q4
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. reported net income in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30 was $4.0 million, or 19 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, compared to a net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 of $9,000, or less than one cent a share…
Granite Gear Hosts Sen. Al Franken at Minnesota Headquarters
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) visited Granite Gear’s headquarters in Two Harbors, MN Saturday, Feb. 23. After being greeted by 30 staff and their family, Franken toured the facility and met with Granite Gear founders Jeff Knight and Dan Cruikshank to d
Saks Profit Hurt by Higher Costs/Sandy
Saks Inc. reported that for the fourth quarter ended Feb. 2, the company recorded net income of $20.4 million, or $.13 per diluted share…
PGA TOUR Pro Series Apparel Line Announces First Team of Player Ambassadors
In an effort to further advance its recent PGA TOUR Apparel expansion, Perry Ellis International, Inc., through its license for PGA TOUR golf apparel, announced its first team of player ambassadors led by Jason Dufner, the 12th ranked player in the world,
PGA Tour Superstore Awards $5,000 Grant to Dallas Program
PGA TOUR Superstore will provide a $5,000 grant to The First Tee of Greater Dallas to deliver educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf…
Golfsmith Opens Largest Golf Store in Oklahoma
Golfsmith International opened its first Oklahoma location in the Quail Springs area of Oklahoma City, OK. The new interactive store is the largest golf store in the state…
SGB Today
Active Lifestyle Market Product and Brand Marketing Stories from SGB PRO PR and SGB Premium PR Partners
Post your Product or Marketing News in the SGB PR Portal