Gary Bryant, European Brand Manager for Arc’teryx, will be taking the newly created position of Vice President of Sales. Bryant will be responsible for worldwide sales for the brand. Bryant is taking over the Sales responsibilities of current Senior VP o
Category: Outdoor
Gildan to Close Two Mt. Airy Factories
Gildan Activewear Inc. has closed two sock facilities located in Mount Airy, N.C. Approximately 520 employees will be affected by the closures, which will be completed by the end of August 2007. The company anticipate a 10 cents per share accretion impact
Boccieri Golf Names Czech/Slovakia Rep
Boccieri Golf, manufacturers of the Heavy Putter, has named Golf Brothers, an affiliate of German golf-products distributor McEvans Sports, as its agent in the Czech Republic and Slovakia…
Former Cloudveil Owners Acquire Ouray Sportswear
O Holdings, LLC has completed the acquisition of the assets of Ski Country Imports, Inc. and Ouray Sportswear Wyoming, Inc. O Holdings has capitalized a new company, Ouray Sportswear, LLC which will continue the operations of Ski Country Imports, formerly
Pacific Cycle Hires IBD Marketing Guru
Pacific Cycle hired Jennifer Schwai to serve as Pacific’s Director of IBD Marketing as she returns to the bike industry. In this new role, Schwai will lead strategic marketing initiatives for the GT Bicycles brand and oversee the Schwinn and Mongoose bran
Bluesign Offers Starting Point for Sustainable Benchmarks…
Lately the outdoor industry has been buzzing about implementing a new social and environmental sustainability standardization process so that consumers will know and understand what “sustainable” really means. While part of this effort is simply to preven
Foot Locker Takes Q1 Hit from Weaker U.S. Stores; Sees Fall Rebound…
Foot Locker, Inc. took a hit to the bottom line in the first quarter, but the world’s-largest-athletic-footwear-retailer is moving quickly to make the adjustments in the business that will help it right-size inventories and increase earnings in the second
Gander Sees Improvements to Q1 Bottom Line…
While Gander Mountain was still unable to post a profit in the first quarter of 2007, the rapidly expanding outdoor retail chain was able to improve its bottom line results for the first time since becoming a public company. This quarter is the first time
Hibbett Hurt by Soft Urban Business in Q1, but Calendar Shift Hurts More…
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. saw softness in urban in the first quarter slow overall growth, but a calendar shift that saw the first week of February move into the fiscal fourth quarter while the much softer first week of May moved into Q1 dragged quarter
Shoe Carnival Urban Product Slows Athletic Sales…
After posting their highest quarterly earnings in company history during last year’s first quarter, Shoe Carnival nearly matched that number this year, in spite of a very challenging spring retail environment and declining comparable store sales. Mark Lem
Snow Sports Sales Remain Flat for 2007-’08 Season…
Specialty Snow Sports retailers struggled through a chaotic winter this year with weather impacting hardgoods sales in the East and Midwest and decent, stable weather in much of the Rockies and west-coast. While softgoods sales accelerated to offset part
Nike to Once Again Produce Soccer Balls in Pakistan…
Just over six months ago, SEW reported that Nike, Inc. had decreased production of hand stitched soccer balls at the Saga Sports factory in Sialkot, Pakistan due to “significant labor compliance violations”…
Ashworth Finds New President in Former Employee…
Ashworth, Inc. announced a series of personnel moves late last week as well as the elimination of several staff positions as the company looks to reduce costs and streamline operations. In total, 16 staff positions were cut, while a new president was name
Bottom Line Gains Outpace Sales for Zumiez Q1…
Zumiez Inc. once again saw positive comparable store results come out of each of its merchandise divisions in the first quarter, with Men’s again leading the way. The retailer saw overall quarterly comp store sales jump in the double-digits on top of doub
SylvanSport Taps JDPR for PR Effort
SylvanSport selected Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) as their Public Relations agency-of-record. JDPR will provide overall brand support, strategic planning, and media relations campaigns in national trade and consumer media channels…
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