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JJB Sports Fined For Hiding Acquisition Costs

January 31, 2011 SGB Update

JJB Sports was fined £445,000 ($609,000) by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for misleading the market over the cost of two acquisitions…

New Balance Foundation Donates $7M to Childhood Obesity Program

January 28, 2011 SGB Update

New Balance Foundation donated $7 million to Children’s Hospital Boston to establish the New Balance Foundation Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, Clinical Research and Care. The gift will be used to transform the lives of overweight and obese

Spyder Reups Sponsorship with the U.S. Ski Team

January 27, 2011 SGB Update

Spyder Active Sports has been named as the official outwear provider of the U.S. Ski Team through 2016. The announcement at the SnowSports Industries America Snow Show in Denver extends a 21-year partnership between Spyder and the U.S. Ski Team…

RECALL: KEE Action Sports Paintball Gun

January 27, 2011 SGB Update

About 1,400 paintball guns from KEE Action Sports are being recalled. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that when users attempt to pierce the CO2 cartridge by closing the lever to the cartridge chamber, the cartridge can fly out of the mark

Grassroots Outdoor Alliance Moves Summer Show to Ogden

January 25, 2011 SGB Update

The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance is moving its its 2011 Summer Show from Snowbasin to the Ogden/Weber Convention & Visitors Bureau, according to a report by Utah Business. While the show has outgrown facilities at Snowbasin, it also further validates the C

Jarden Expects Record Fourth Quarter Revenues

January 25, 2011 SGB Update

Jarden Corporation, which owns Coleman, K2, Marmot, Penn Rawlings and other outdoor and team brands, expects record revenues of at least $1.65 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010 and approximately $6.0 billion for the full year, according to preliminar

OBIT: Former NSGA Chairman John Cook Passes Away

January 25, 2011 SGB Update

John Cook, Sr., who served as chairman of the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) from 1987-1988, passed away on Sat., Jan. 15. He was 82 years old…

Adams Golf Wins YES! Bid

January 25, 2011 SGB Update

With a bid of $1.5 million and a total purchase cost of $1.65 million, Adams Golf has purchased Denver-based Progear Holdings dba Yes! Golf and its related assets…

Fleet Feet Introduces Vendor Partner Grant Program

January 25, 2011 SGB Update

Fleet Feet, Incorporated, the leading franchisor of running specialty stores, has launched a Vendor Partner Grant Program. The company awarded $25,000 in grants to five stores on behalf of its vendor partners to support the stores' charitable contrib

American Smooth Wave Acquires Shoe Brand Ailibao

January 24, 2011 SGB Update

American Smoothwave Ventures, Inc., based in Palm Desert, CA, has acquired Ailibao International Investment Limited, a British Virgin Islands company. Through its PRC subsidiaries and controlled companies, Ailibao International Investment Limited designs