SGB Executive

CES 2020 marks the tenth year fitness and wearable technology have been featured at the biggest consumer trade show, and this year’s event showed digitization still has a long way to go in taking sports and fitness to the next level. SGB Executive highlights the active lifestyle products that caught our attention at this year’s show.

Despite the looming Summer Olympics and the Games’ quadrennial spotlight on the sport of swimming, PVH Corp. decided to sell its Speedo North America business to focus more attention on its core apparel brands. The move was strategic for PVH, which found a more-than-willing buyer in Pentland Group. 

The Industry’s top headlines from across the active lifestyle market featured in SGB for the week of January 6, 2020.

Powered by strong gains for Hydro Flask, Helen of Troy Ltd. reported sales in its Housewares segment jumped 28.5 percent in the third quarter ended November 30. The company significantly raised its growth targets for the year in the Housewares segment but also said growth would moderate in the fourth quarter due in part to Hydro Flask orders being shipped early to meet holiday demand.

Pelican International’s acquisition of Confluence Outdoor headlined a busy December for M&A in the active lifestyle market. It also saw ski resort operator Powdr Corp. expand into Canada and Thule Group add a maker of fly fishing rod vaults to its portfolio. SGB Executive’s monthly roundup breaks down the deals from December and includes the full list of transactions for the month.

The Editors from SGB Executive present the third and final installment of SGB’s Annual Survey that gauges what the leaders in the active lifestyle market are projecting for 2020. Comments from Brooks Running, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Feetures, United Sports Brands, Rawlings, OrderMyGear, Royal Robbins, LifeStraw and more.

The Editors from SGB Executive present the second installment of SGB’s Annual Survey that gauges what the leaders in the active lifestyle market are projecting for 2020. Comments from Oboz, Vibram, Gore, Salomon and more.

Shares of Under Armour dropped $1.41, or 6.5 percent, to $20.44 Monday after J.P. Morgan resumed coverage of the company with a “neutral” rating and lowered its revenue estimates for fiscal 2020 on continued struggles in North America.

The Editors from SGB Executive present the first installment of SGB’s Annual Survey that gauges what the leaders in the active lifestyle market are projecting for 2020. Comments from JackRabbit, TRX, Outdoor Industry Association, Snowsports Industries America and more.

After two challenging years, stocks in the active lifestyle space saw a strong recovery in 2019 as the broader stock market delivered its biggest gains since 2013. Among stocks seeing their values spike were Yeti, Hibbett Sports, Lululemon, Skechers, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Sportsman’s Warehouse.

Top headlines from across the active lifestyle industry featured in SGB during the week of December 30, 2019.

As the new year gets underway, questions linger in the Active Lifestyle Market. The Editors at SGB Executive compiled 20 questions that are likely to dominate the headlines in 2020. The list is led by a big change at Nike and a host of political issues, from the trade war to firearms to climate change. 

For the second year in a row, the U.S. and China trade wars top SGB Executive’s list of the Top 10 stories in the active lifestyle space.
But other major stories emerged as well including the impact of firearms on brands and retailers, changes to the trade show landscape, Modell’s brush with bankruptcy, and more.

Change occurred at C-suites throughout the active lifestyle industry in 2019. For another one of our “year-in-review” stories, SGB has compiled the most notable ones, including the succession at Nike Inc., where John Donahoe (pictured right) replaces Mark Parker (pictured left) as president and CEO.

Top headlines from across the active lifestyle industry featured in SGB during the week of December 23, 2019.