Category: Sports/Fitness

Raleigh America and Bike MS Team Up

November 11, 2011 SGB Update

Bike MS, the largest charity cycling series in the country with 100 events nationwide, and Raleigh, a bicycle brand, announced that they are teaming up to form a partnership and cycling program in 2012…

Vaude Honored with German Sustainability Award

November 11, 2011 SGB Update

Vaude was honored Nov. 4 at the German Sustainability Day event in the category “Germany’s most sustainable strategies for the future (KMU)” for its social and ecological sustainability. As one of over 670 applicants, the mid-sized famil

Aldila Swings to Third Quarter Loss on Falling Golf Sales

November 10, 2011 SGB Update

Aldila, Inc. said falling demand for its composite golf shafts lead to a loss of $413,000, or 8 cents per share, on net sales of $12.8 million in the three months ending Sept. 30. The company said sales of its golf shafts to club makers fell 18 percent fr

Sports Basement to Open Sacramento Store

November 10, 2011 SGB Update

Sports Basement plans to open a three-story location in downtown Sacramento. The company reached an agreement to move into the long-dormant Bank of America building at Eighth and I streets. It will represent the retailer's 5th store…

Thorlos to Sponsor Beaver Creek Racing Department

November 10, 2011 SGB Update

Thorlo, Inc. is partnering with Beaver Creek Resort at Vail as the official ski sock of the 2011/12 Beaver Creek Race Department, the official ski sock of the Beaver Creek World Cup Crew, and a presenting sponsor in the 2012 Beaver Creek Championship Race

Teko Socks Hires New Sales Director

November 10, 2011 SGB Update

Hyalite Outdoor Group announced the addition of Shawn Pritchett as sales director for their Teko Socks division. Most recently, he was the sales and business development manager with Boulder-based Zeal Optics…

Kohl’s 3rd-Quarter Profit Rises 20 Percent

November 10, 2011 SGB Update

Kohl's Corp. reported its third-quarter profit rose 20 percent, helped by cost cuts and demand for exclusive brands such as lines by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. The department store operator also raised its full-year outlook…

Easton-Bell’s Third Quarter Sales Rise 6.9 Percent

November 9, 2011 SGB Update

Easton-Bell Sports said new products helped it grow sales and margins in the third quarter ended Oct. 1. Team sports sales rose 13 percent on the strength of football helmets, while an overhang of ski helmets in Europe limited sales growth in the Action S

Jamis to Use Slidepad Brakes in 2013 Models

November 9, 2011 SGB Update

James Bicycles will use Slidepad Technologies new patent-pending, single-lever brake system on select 2013 models, giving recreational cyclists a single-lever braking system that uses the force of the rear wheel to intelligently modulate the front brake..

Sporteve Changes Name to Sports for Eve

November 9, 2011 SGB Update

Sporteve, the Los Angeles sports retailer, has changed its name to Sports for Eve. President D’Lynda Fischer opened the store in July 2006 with a vision for creating a comfortable space for women to purchase clothing, gear and accessories for their

Healthy Kids Outdoor Act Introduced in Congress

November 8, 2011 SGB Update

With strong backing from the outdoor industry, Congressman Ron Kind (WI) and Senator Mark Udall (CO) introduced the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act Monday to support state, local and federal strategies to connect youth and families with the natural world, impro

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