Category: Outdoor

Gildan First Quarter Sales Down 8.3 Percent

February 8, 2012 SGB Update

Gildan Activewear Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, and also reconfirmed its prior sales and earnings guidance for the full fiscal year. In the first quarter, the company began to manage and report its bus

R.G. Barry’s Q2 Earnings Jump 47 Percent

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

R.G. Barry Corporation, the owner of Dearfoams, Baggallini and Foot Petals, reported a 12.0 percent increase in sales in its second quarter ended Dec. 31, to $55.6 million versus $49.7 million one year ago. Net earnings surged 47.3 percent to $6.4 million

Pelican Beefs up Manufacturing, Sourcing and Sales

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Pelican International, which owns the Pelican, Elie and Lavika boat brands, named new hires in manufacturing, sourcing and IT as well as an in-house international sales rep and two new outside rep agencies to cover the eastern U.S. seaboard…

Li Ning to Cut Staff to Lower Costs

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Li Ning Co Ltd said it will reduce its staff count in a move to lower costs. The move comes after the Chinese footwear giant had predicted its revenue for 2011 had fallen by 6 to 7 percent year-on-year. The company plans to reduce its human resources cost

Start-Up Readies Launch of Backcountry Boot

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Marty Carrigan, co-founder of a sales and marketing agency, and Ben Anderson, founder of Icelantic, have founded First Degree to launch a collection of sidecountry-specific boots for skiers who spend their days both inbounds and outside the access gates..

Asics Extends Support Your Marathon to L.A.

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Asics America, a partner of the 2012 Honda LA Marathon, has expanded its award-winning “Support Your Marathoner” program to the West Coast. Similar to the program offered at the 2011 ING New York City Marathon, it allows friends and family to send picture

Pursuit Brand Equity Group Moves to Newmarket

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Pursuit Brand Equity Group, a New England independent regional brand management and sales agency for apparel, footwear and accessory brands, announced it has relocated company headquarters to the downtown mills in Newmarket, N.H. Pursuit was previously he

Deaths Of Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians Increase

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. In many cases, the cars o

Nike Signs First Canadian College Deal

February 7, 2012 SGB Update

Nike Inc. reached an sponsorship agreement with with McMaster University in Ontario. It is the first agreement of its kind between Nike and a Canadian university and will be managed by local distributor T. Litzen Sports…

Accell Names Ghost Founder President of Asian Unit

February 6, 2012 SGB Update

Accell Group N.V. appointed Uwe Kalliwoda, the founder of its Ghost Bikes subsidiary, to oversee Accell Asia from an office in Taiwan. The Taiwan office manages sales for Korea and Australia and marketing and sales of the Ghost, Lapierre and Koga bicycle

Nielsen Expositions Doubles Profits in 2011

February 6, 2012 SGB Update

Nielsen Holdings N.V.'s expositions business, which owns the Outdoor Retailer and Interbike shows, rebounded nicely in 2011, according to the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. Adjusted EBITDA at Nielsen Expositions doubled to $4 million

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