EXEC: Academy Sports Sees Weather/Consumer Woes Derailing Sales Recovery
EXEC: VF Corp. Cutting Another 500 Jobs This Week
EXEC: Black Friday Weekend Sales See Encouraging Start to Holiday Selling
EXEC: Analysts Skeptical of Colt CZ’s Bid for Vista Outdoor
EXEC: Vista Outdoor Receives Unsolicited Offer to Acquire Company
SGB Update

German Retailer SportScheck Files for Insolvency; Frasers Exits Deal
UK-based Frasers Group plc, said it intends to work with the appointed preliminary insolvency administrator of SportScheck with a view to acquiring the SportScheck business/assets out of administration.

Bogner Opens Flagship Stores in NYC and LA
The Germany-based so-called “Ath-Luxury” brand that claims to effortlessly transition from the slopes to the city and beyond said it is building on the “resounding success” of its short-term and pop-up locations on both coasts. The stores officially opened their doors in November 2023.

5.11 Tactical to Transition Senior Leadership
Francisco J. Morales, co-founder and former CEO will be promoted to executive chair of the Board of Directors, while 5.11 Board member Troy R. Brown will become CEO, effective January 1, 2024.
SGB Executive

EXEC: Academy Sports Sees Weather/Consumer Woes Derailing Sales Recovery
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. said a slow start to fall selling due to warmer temperatures as well as continued weak consumer demand caused third-quarter results to miss plan, resulting in a downward revision to full-year guidance. CEO Steve Lawrence said on an analysts call, “We feel like we don’t have a challenged strategy. We’ve got a challenged customer.”

EXEC: VF Corp. Cutting Another 500 Jobs This Week
Fifteen months after cutting 300 jobs across its global workforce, the parent of the Vans, TNF, Dickies, Timberland, Smartwool, Jansport and other active lifestyle brands, is at it again, confirming Wednesday that another 500 jobs would be eliminated this week.

EXEC: Black Friday Weekend Sales See Encouraging Start to Holiday Selling
Led by online selling and boosted by promotions, sales on Black Friday and over the past weekend topped or came in line with modest expectations, according to multiple survey reports and Wall Street analysts.