G3 Taps Mammut Vet to Head EU Sales Effort
Ski industry veteran Sepp Stenger will join G3 Genuine Guide Gear to head the company’s European sales and marketing efforts. Stenger will officially begin working with G3 on November 1, 2006. As a long time member of the European ski and snowboard indus
Optic Nerve Adds Five to Sales Team
Optic Nerve Sunglasses has five new faces on their sales force this year. Just in time for the 2006 | 2007 winter season, Optic Nerve welcomed Randy Dodig to cover Upstate New York and Western Pennsylvania; Adam Casey for New England; Travis Wiest for Tex
Hrubant Joins Coleman as Sr. Product Manager
Mark Hrubant has joined The Coleman Company, Inc. as senior product manager – Exponent products. In this newly created position, Mark will direct and lead activities to ensure the global business success of Coleman Exponent products by identifying, defini
Golf Galaxy Sees Positive Comps and Expansion Drive Q2 Income Up
Golf Galaxy, Inc. net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 increased 37.4% to $95.6 million, compared with $69.6 million for the same period of the prior year. Comparable store sales increased 0.8% for the fiscal second quarter, compared to an incr
Golfsmith Expands Footprint with Three New Doors
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. has signed leases to open three new stores in key golf and tennis markets by the end of 2006. The company will open its first store in Tucson, its fourth in Houston, and its fifth in Chicago…
Forzani Sees Strong Back-to-School Results
The Forzani Group Ltd. reported strong sales and margins for the fiscal 2007 “Back to School” selling season. Overall same store sales for the six-week period increased 4.3%. Corporate same store sales were up 2.3%, with footwear sales outpacing hardgoods
Callaway Wins BBB Award
Callaway Golf Company won the 2006 Better Business Bureau International Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, topping a field of more than 1,000 international businesses, which won local awards…
Monopoint Media Launches TheGearJunkie.com
Monopoint Media, based in Minneapolis, will launch the online counterpart to “The Gear Junkie,” Stephen Regenold's
nationally-syndicated newspaper column, at www.THEGEARJUNKIE.com. THEGEARJUNKIE.com is a site devoted to the outdoors, health, fitness,
FieldTurf Files Suit Against Sprintuf
FieldTurf has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia against Sprinturf for falsely disseminating information concerning Staphylococcus Aureus “staph” bacteria in artificial turf…
Skullcandy Expands Sales Staff
Skullcandy expanded its sales team, adding eleven reps to promote and sell the company’s products throughout the United States. Team members and their associated areas are Mark Berardi, SoCal; Thomas Crowe, Eastern Great Lakes; Nick East, Wasatch; Judd Fe
Warrior Sports Adds to Sales Team
Warrior Sports hired Kyle Dixon as a sales associate for the Mid-Atlantic region…
Companies Provide New Insights at Conferences…
At the Prudential Equity Back-to-School Conference, VF Corp. provided additional color on their new retail strategy, which should account for about 18% of VF’s total revenue by 2009. At the Goldman Sachs conference, Dick’s Sporting Goods took the opportun
Backcountry.com Strikes Gold with Bottomless SAC…
Several weeks ago, Backcountry.com changed the format of their micro-site dedicated to closeouts, SteepandCheap.com. Previously, the site offered one close-out item for 24 hours, or until it was sold out. The next item would appear at midnight the followi
OIA Rendezvous Visits the Southeast this Fall…
This fall, OIA has invited hundreds of outdoor executives to Chattanooga to meet and discuss the state of the industry, strategies to keep outdoor retailers and manufacturers healthy, and look at best practices in other industries. For the past ten years,
Kellwood Anticipates Strong Q3 for American Rec…
Kellwood Company net sales for the second quarter were $474.5 million, versus $488.2 million last year. The majority of the sales decline came from the women’s apparel division. Net sales in the ‘other soft goods’ division, which includes American Recreat
