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Talking Growth at Thomas Weisel’s Consumer Growth Conference

October 5, 2009 SGB Update

At the Thomas Weisel Consumer Conference, executives began talking about ways to find growth for a change. While many cautioned that the market is not out of the woods yet and inventory and expense controls were in place, the execs appeared to agree that

Shoe Carnival Benefiting from Strip Mall Demand, Move to Value

September 21, 2009 SGB Update

Kerry Jackson, Shoe Carnival's CFO, speaking at CL King's Best Idea's conference, said that the family footwear retailer doesn't know whether the current promotional climate may lead to some “permanent change” in retailing, but he said

Sport Footwear Gives Back Q1 Gains in Q2

August 17, 2009 SGB Update

The euphoria the sport footwear market experienced in the first quarter very quickly dissipated in the second quarter as the market struggled against the headwinds created by a difficult economy, cooler and wetter weather and tough comparisons to last yea

Weather Helps and Hurts Second Outdoor Sales

August 10, 2009 SGB Update

As consumers and analysts feel like they are beginning to see the end of the recession, spending on outdoor footwear, apparel and equipment seems to be turning around. Like many metrics recently cited by economists, the retail point-of-sale data compiled

WSA Show Now Just a Shell of Its Former Self

August 3, 2009 SGB Update

The writing may be on the wall when someone can get a Deluxe room at the Las Vegas Hilton for $39.95 the day before the WSA Show — and that’s before the $25 in casino credits that came along with the deal. True story for Sports Executive Weekly editors a

June Sport Footwear Retail Sales One of Year’s Worst

July 13, 2009 SGB Update

Most expected the month of June would be a tough one at retail—given the difficult comparisons caused by last year’s stimulus checks—but few retailers that spoke with Sports Executive Weekly thought it would be as bad as it ended. The cold and rainy weat

Heelys’ Board Members Resign Over Failed Merger Talks

May 28, 2009 SGB Executive

Heelys Inc. said Roger Adams and Richard Middlekauff had resigned from its board of directors because the company had terminated discussions regarding a possible sale. Skechers had made a bid to acquire the company. In a filing with the Securities & Excha

Sport Footwear Sales Inch Up in March

April 20, 2009 SGB Update

Given the shift of Easter from March to April this year, the slight increase in March sales for Sport Footwear was seen as a positive development for the market even as growth slowed from the stronger February rate…

R.G. Barry Names Zeng to Top Sourcing Post

April 13, 2009 SGB Update

R.G. Barry Corporation named global sourcing veteran Hong Zeng as its China-based vice president of sourcing. Zeng most recently was general manager for a Chinese footwear manufacturer in Fuzhou. He previously held executive management and sourcing positi

TapouT Co-Founder Dies in Car Crash

March 11, 2009 SGB Update

The co-founder and icon of the of mixed martial arts apparel label, TapouT brand Charles Lewis Jr., a.k.a., “Mask,” died in a Newport Beach car accident. Tapout was founded by Lewis Jr. and Dan Caldwell, who went by the alias ˜Punkass”, in 1997…

WSA Show Can’t Live Up to Lowered Expectations

February 16, 2009 SGB Update

The WSA Show has rapidly devolved into a regional show once again – but the company that owns the show still has the floor space for a much bigger event. The empty aisles at the Sands Expo and Mandalay Bay had many wondering why show management had not c

WSA Reports New Exhibitors

February 2, 2009 SGB Update

The WSA Show and The Collections at WSA (the luxury designer segment of the exhibition) will see a combined 87 new exhibitors at its upcoming show, according to the event's organizers. The show is being held in Las Vegas from February 12-14…

Court Cases of the Year (Year in Review)

January 5, 2009 SGB Update

Typically, the legal domain matters little in a year-in-review as the cases though lost or won, usually are limited in scope to particular patents or trademarks. However, two major cases drew the attention of the industry as a whole and might very well ha

Jim Boeheim to Speak at NSGA Conference

January 5, 2009 SGB Executive

The NSGA announced that basketball-coaching legend Jim Boeheim, head coach of Syracuse University’s men’s team, will speak at its upcoming conference. Other speakers include Dan Clark, best selling author and internationally known speaker, and Syracuse al

Vendors May Have Seen Last Gains for a While

December 31, 2008 SGB Executive SGB Update

When reviewing vendor sales results from the third quarter the market looked like it still had a bit of life when the economic woes centered on higher fuel prices and the housing implosion had yet to reach Wall Street. This may be the best quarter the ma