Gander Mtn. to Expand Marine Offering
Gander Mountain and Genmar Holdings announced an agreement to sell and rent several Genmar boat lines at Gander Mountain stores, expanding on Gander Mountain's existing assortment of canoes, kayaks and small fishing boats. Gander Mountain also announ
Mountain Khakis Taps Noah Robertson for Sales Director
Mountain Khakis has hired Noah Robertson as Director of Sales. Most recently the National Sales Manager for the Mammut Sports Group USA Division, Robertson will create and oversee the sales initiatives for Mountain Khakis, as well as dedicate his experie
Margolis Lands at Limited as President of Apparel
Former Reebok president and COO Jay Margolis will join Limited Brands, Inc. as Group President, Apparel. In this role, Mr. Margolis will provide oversight for Limited Brands' apparel divisions, Express and Limited Stores. Mr. Margolis will report to
Danner Pronghorn Boots Snag ‘Best of the Best’ Award
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. announced that its Danner Pronghorn boot was recently selected “Best of the Best” for 2004 by Field & Stream, America's largest outdoor magazine…
GI Joe’s Extends Wells Fargo Revolver
Norm Daniels, President and CEO of G.I. Joe's Sports and Auto Stores, announced the completion of a five-year extension of an existing agreement with Wells Fargo Retail Finance, Boston, MA, that will provide up to $42.5 million in revolving credit. T
Blacks Leisure Sees 6.2% Increase in Holicay Comps
Blacks Leisure, the retailer and wholesaler of outdoor and boardwear clothing, footwear and equipment, announces its trading performance over the Christmas and New Year period. Like-for-like retail sales in the eight weeks ended 15 January 2005 were 6.2%
Fitness Product Manager –- Sportcraft
Sportcraft, Ltd. seeks a Product Manager for its Fitness division. Candidates must have complete and thorough understanding of the consumer and commercial fitness equipment markets…
Ballard Joins Icebreaker as U.S. Market Manager
Icebreaker has named Troy Ballard as US Market Manager. Ballard comes to Icebreaker with ten years of active sports industry experience, having held executive brand building roles at Adidas-Salomon, Rip Curl International, and Smith Sport Optics. In his
Le Coq Sportif to Make Return to U.S. Market…
For those that wondered where Jon Epstein would surface again, their questions were answered last week as the former Fila and adidas executive officially announced the creation of Le Coq Sportif North America, an operating company set up to manage the Le
Knight to Sell 5.7 million Nike Shares
Philip H. Knight, co-founder and Chairman of the Board, converted 5,700,000 shares of Nike Class A Common Stock on January 12, 2005 to the same number of shares of Class B stock. Knight also entered into a pre-arranged sales plan for the 5,700,000 million
December Retail Sales Much Healthier Than Early Indications…
A U.S. Commerce Department report of December retail sales in the GAFS category, which includes most general merchandise categories, jumped 6.4% over the previous year. Combined, November and December brought holiday sales growth to 5.7%, the strongest gr
Vital Apparel Group Acquires ProMarX…
Vital Apparel Group has reached agreement to purchase the assets of ProMarX Specialties USA, a girls’ sports accessory company. The ProMarX accessory line will become Vital Accessories and be marketed along with the Vital Team girls’ and women’s apparel l
SnowSports Retail Remains Flat; Chain Stores Lead the Way…
With an estimated 30% of retail sales for the season accounted for, trends are emerging in the SnowSports market which, historically, will continue through the remainder of the season. SnowSports retail sales slowed down slightly in the month of November,
ICON Falls into the Red in Fiscal Q2…
ICON’s sales decline was precipitated by the discontinuation of ICON’s “Jump King” business, a 22.7% decline in sales of strength training equipment, and an 8.1% drop in cardiovascular equipment. All the above, coupled with a sharp drop in margins pushed
Keds Back in Positive Growth Mode; Stride Rite Swings to Q4 Profit…
The Stride Rite Corporation just got over the profit line in the fourth quarter, managing to pull out net income of just $51,000, or zero earnings per share. Still, it was a swing to profit from Q4 last year when SRR posted a net loss of $965,000, or two
